Kelly’s heroes — Nora’s 19 children celebrate her 90th

Dinnertime in the Kelly household was always an epic affair, but never more so than when all 19 siblings gathered to celebrate their mother Nora’s 90th birthday.

The 13 sisters and six brothers returned to the family home at Ardaneanig, Co Kerry, to mark Nora’s special day in the house where they all grew up and where Nora still lives independently, though with youngest son Lawrence keeping an eye from next door.

Then it was off to Killarney for dinner, where Nora was joined by 50 of her 58 grandchildren and many of her 16 great-grandchildren.