‘We’ve one medal, I’d like another’

A WRETCHED Monday night in November and oddly Tralee is a hive of sporting activity.

In Strand Road, Michéal Quirke is slumped against a wall in the Kerins O’Rahillys clubhouse at their county final press gig. He’s just come from Oakpark where he watched his Tralee Tigers teammates train and he’s also mindful of the County Board meeting going on over in Austin Stack Park.

Over the last few weeks the Strand Road lads have toed the party line with regards to Jack O’Connor’s management future. Vows of omerta have been the regular practice but Quirke reckons it was safe enough now to break the lid on Jack’s second Kerry coming.