One of Kerry’s best players is hardly known, much less garlanded

The west Kerry Gaeltacht has produced two of the game's greatest ever wing backs, but another will go into Sunday's All-Ireland final in the form of his life. Brian O Beaglaoich will hope that no one's noticed, writes his club chairman and All-Ireland winning captain Dara O Cinneide
One of Kerry’s best players is hardly known, much less garlanded

THE QUIET MAN: Gaeltacht's finest, Brian Ó Beaglaoich. File picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

When Brian Ó Beaglaoich won his first and still solitary All Ireland medal three years ago, his was the 50th medal to find home in our club, Cumann Caide na Gaeltachta.

It was fitting that such a landmark medal should be his and that, on the day, he should be wearing the iconic number 5 jersey immortalised by other Gaeltacht wing backs, Páidí and Tomás Ó Sé.

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