Kennelly primed to fulfil dream

SEVENTY minutes away from fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Throughout his sojourn with the Sydney Swans in the AFL Tadhg Kennelly always maintained he yearned to follow in a family tradition of claiming an All-Ireland senior football medal with Kerry.

This season Kennelly finally returned home and went about the business of trying to secure what he wanted. Yesterday the Listowel Emmett’s man clipped over two points to contribute to Kerry’s gritty success over Meath in the All-Ireland semi-final. It’s been a dramatic route to this point and now only Cork on September 20 are obstructing his path to that coveted Celtic Cross.