'They live for hurling': Why John Meyler keeps coming back to Kilmoyley

What is it that keeps bringing the former Cork manager back to North Kerry season after season?
'They live for hurling': Why John Meyler keeps coming back to Kilmoyley

Kilmoyley manager John Meyler at Kerry County Senior Hurling Championship Final against St Brendan's played at Austin Stack GAA Park Tralee. Picture: Domnick Walsh 

“It’s home from home,” is how John Meyler describes his 21-year relationship with Kilmoyley hurling club.

He can still remember the exact date of his first session with a Kilmoyley hurling team — June 4, 2000. And while there has been the odd year since where commitments elsewhere have precluded him from getting involved, the opportunity to spin across to North Kerry and lend a hand is one he endeavours never to pass up.

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