TADHG Kennelly is back at the Sydney Swans, and this time the Irish defender says he could remain in Australia for good.

Kennelly flew into Sydney on Tuesday night, having signed a two-year deal to continue his AFL career after quitting the Swans in January to play Gaelic football.

The 28-year-old won an All-Ireland title with his county, Kerry, in September to follow in the footsteps of his late father, Tim.

With his goal of an All-Ireland medal achieved, Kennelly said he could become an even better AFL footballer as he attempted to repay the Swans' faith in him.

"The club has been an unbelievable support for me and I feel I have a massive loyalty to the club," he said at his first training session on Wednesday morning.

"I owe them a lot and I feel I'll be a much, much better player personally because I don't have that drawcard of going back anymore.

"There were times when I was going to games here in Australia and I was thinking, 'God, I wish I was going to Croke Park, playing with Kerry.'

"That weight's well off my shoulders. I feel like I can move on and really express myself as a footballer."

Kennelly said the decision to return to Australia this time had been just as hard as his choice to return to Ireland earlier this year.

Convincing his mother that he was doing the right thing was equally difficult, he said.

"It was probably even as tough as when I was 18, coming out here, because I'm not getting any younger, really. I've made my mind up that this is where I'm going to live at 28 years of age," he said.

"There's very little chance that I'm going to go back playing (Gaelic) football again and that was very tough for me. This is probably the toughest decision of the lot.

"For the first time in my life, I've decided what I wanted to do as a person and not worry about everyone else. I decided that this is probably the place for me."

Kennelly said it was strange to see so many new faces at the club - and so many absent ones - but he had no doubt that his choice to come back was the right one.

"I didn't have that weird feeling of coming to some place strange, for the first time probably since I've been here," he said. 

"While I was here for the first nine years, I always knew I was going to go back and have a crack at playing Gaelic football and trying to win an All-Ireland. Now that I'm back, I feel a lot more settled in myself already.

"I'm here and I'm settled down and I'm looking forward to getting on with my life."

You can catch up with Tadhg in both Sydney and Melbourne at the launch of his book , Unfinished Business, for more details click here.