O’Leary honoured to recall 50 years of green and gold greats

Fittingly, one of the warmest rounds of applause at the Munster GAA awards was reserved for a man who has clapped and cheered on club and county teams for over half a century.

Rathmore’s Donal O’Leary collected the Irish Examiner Supporter of the Year Award at the provincial council’s gala ceremony in the Malton Hotel, Killarney. And, ironically, it was all thanks to a Cork man.

“I was nominated by Pat Kelleher who was a garda in Killarney for years but is originally from Kanturk. He saw the piece in the Irish Examiner about the awards and wrote to them about my time following Kerry teams.