Valentia GAA plea: ‘We just want to find a home for our players and look after them’

Valentia Young Islanders’ manager Fionán Murphy talks to his players before last year’s Kerry JFC match against Beale. Picture: Alan Landers

It was one of the toughest emails Deirdre Lyne has had to sign off on during her time as chairperson of Valentia Young Islanders.

Her words were part plea and part warning as rural depopulation has eventually claimed its first high-profile Kerry GAA club.