Tony Leen: Danaher, Kerry and me: A minor matter

By the only metric that matters in Kerry — championship appearances in the green and gold in one of the three acknowledged grades — I was a footballing failure.
Tony Leen: Danaher, Kerry and me: A minor matter
Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 01:00
Tony Leen

Philip Danaher. Picture: INPHO/Alan Betson
Philip Danaher. Picture: INPHO/Alan Betson

By the only metric that matters in Kerry — championship appearances in the green and gold in one of the three acknowledged grades — I was a footballing failure.

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GaaPlace: LimerickPlace: KilmallockPlace: KnocknagoshelPlace: Brogue InnPlace: KillmallockPlace: DublinPlace: Valentia IslandPlace: AbbeyfealePlace: KillarneyPlace: TipperaryPlace: KerryPerson: Tony LeenPerson: DanaherPerson: KerryPerson: Philip DanaherPerson: Paudie HerlihyPerson: Mike GalweyPerson: Mick GalweyPerson: GaillimhPerson: Bill KirbyPerson: Joe McNallyPerson: Davy O’DonoghuePerson: Connie MurphyPerson: Fionán MurphyPerson: Eamonn HorganPerson: Stephen StackPerson: Liam DennehyPerson: MikePerson: HerlihyPerson: DuaghEvent: Munster minorEvent: All-IrelandOrganisation: KerryOrganisation: CorkOrganisation: LimerickOrganisation: County BoardOrganisation: Dr CrokesOrganisation: Feale RangersOrganisation: CastleislandOrganisation: DuaghOrganisation: AbbeyfealeOrganisation: GAAOrganisation: Kerry football team
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