Donal Lenihan: The afternoon I discovered my dad was a Kerryman

My first sporting memory
Donal Lenihan: The afternoon I discovered my dad was a Kerryman

A link to the past: Two-time All-Ireland football winner Mick Gleeson with the jersey he wore when he won his last medal as left corner-forward in 1970, wrote to Donal Lenihan about the raw passion and deep rivalry that existed between the footballing factions of both Cork and Kerry, which provided our columnist with his earliest sporting memory. Picture: Don MacMonagle
A link to the past: Two-time All-Ireland football winner Mick Gleeson with the jersey he wore when he won his last medal as left corner-forward in 1970, wrote to Donal Lenihan about the raw passion and deep rivalry that existed between the footballing factions of both Cork and Kerry, which provided our columnist with his earliest sporting memory. Picture: Don MacMonagle

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