Killarney and Listowel mourn Donie Sheahan: 'He loved his horses, he loved his football'

Killarney Pharmacist and well known horse racing punter and GAA stalwart Donie Sheahan pictured with Kerry senior team manager Peter Keane and RTE presenter Des Cahill at the Dr Crokes pitch in Killarney. Picture: Don MacMonagle

A tremendous void has been left in the Dr Crokes GAA club, in the wider Kerry footballing community, and in the town of Killarney, following the passing of Donie Sheahan at the age of 95 on Thursday.

Listowel native Sheahan moved to Killarney in 1951, winning a county championship as a player in the same year with Dick Fitzgeralds, and going on to claim three-in-a-row as a manager with East Kerry (1968 to 1970) before leading the divisional outfit to the inaugural All-Ireland senior club title in 1971, in the only season amalgamations were allowed in the competition.