Brennan the fourth Kilkenny-born president

IDEALLY, Nickey Brennan would like to have formally assumed the role of GAA president in his native Kilkenny this weekend.

However, there is some consolation that congress is in Killarney as he has close ties with Kerry.

His wife Mairéad is from the parish of Currow - attending school in Scartaglin - and she lived along the same road as rugby icons Moss Keane, the late Mick Doyle and Mick Galway.