Ken Dunne keeping the wheel turning in the Toome tradition

Ken Dunne partly took charge of Toomevara  because he didn't want the club to have to look outside for a manager.

RISING STAR: Toomevara talisman Darragh McCarthy hits a point from near the sideline against Moycarkey-Borris during the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Semi-Final. Pic: Eamonn McGee

It wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. Ken Dunne didn’t intend becoming Toomevara senior manager. Not yet anyway.

A couple of years finetuning the U19 and U21 teams before taking over the main team had been the aim but when the offer came before last season, he couldn’t refuse.