OBITUARY: Vince Linnane, Kerry GAA kitman - ‘There are people like that in every county in Ireland, but he was ours’

Michael Moynihan remembers Vince Linnane - the Kerry kitman who was so much more. 
OBITUARY: Vince Linnane, Kerry GAA kitman - ‘There are people like that in every county in Ireland, but he was ours’
Fri, 14 Apr, 2017 - 01:00
Michael Moynihan

Who was the Mayo man taking pride of place in Kerry’s NFL final win over Dublin last Sunday?

Vince Linnane, who passed away suddenly on Tuesday evening at the age of 82, was officially the Kerry kitman and groundsman at Austin Stack Park, but the Kiltimagh native was much more than that.

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