Vince presented the jersey like a midwife passing over a newborn

You might have heard the name of Vince Linnane in the past few days. 

Vince presented the jersey like a midwife passing over a newborn

He was the long-serving groundsman of Austin Stack Park in Tralee, as well as kit man to every Kerry team at all levels since the early 90s, who was laid to rest over the weekend.

A Mayo man originally, but it didn’t take him long to convert to the religion of Kerry football.

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