Valentia aim to end centenary year on high

ONE HUNDRED years after its foundation, Kerry’s only island club, Valentia, hope to complete a year of off-field celebration as they bid to dethrone reigning champions Dromid Pearses in the South Kerry final at Caherciveen today (throw in 2pm).

This pocket of the Kingdom can quite rightly claim to be the power base of Kerry football and can boast as being the breeding ground for some of the county's most talented players and intercounty coaches down through the years.

Cue Mick O'Connell (Valentia), Mick O'Dwyer (Waterville) and Dromid Pearses Jack O'Connor. Their names alone evoke the words 'legend' and 'achievement'.