Cats great Keher very nearly took a different flight path

A life less ordinary was celebrated in Kilkenny last evening as one of hurling’s greatest players, Eddie Keher, was conferred with the freedom of the city.

He was an inspiration on and off the field , yet but for a quirk of fate it might have been all so different.

“When I was in St Kieran’s (College), there were very few jobs around after it unless you went to university. A friend of mine and myself were discussing it at the time and I said, ‘I’d love to be a pilot’ and he said he would too.