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.