‘Local girl who just went out to play rugby’ honoured

The true grit of the men from Currow is legendary in rugby circles.

Upstaging the likes of Moss Keane, Mick Galwey, and Tom Doyle is no easy feat but the Kerry village near Castleisland has a new hero on the rugby fields.

Tralee and Munster player Siobhán Fleming is a leading member of the Irish women’s Six Nations and Grand slam champions, and yesterday, Kerry County Council accorded her a civic reception.