Mayo master exiled in the Kingdom

A hero of the great Mayo All-Ireland-winning sides of 1950 and 1951, Paddy Prendergast may be happily living in Kerry but he is still Mayo to the core, writes Diarmuid O’Flynn.

TRALEE boasts more All-Ireland medals per square inch than any other town in Ireland and it’s a proud boast, a valid boast, a hard-earned boast.

Hidden among all the fives, sixes, sevens, even the eights, that have been won by natives of the Rock (Austin Stacks), Strand Road (Kerins O’Rahillys), Boherbee (John Mitchells), however, are two medals more valued than any of them.