Death of road bowling legend Liam O'Keeffe 

The Waterfall native was the first bowler to win what was then designated as the All-Ireland senior championship.

ROAD WARRIORS: Liam O'Keeffe, left, and Ned Barry, who contested the first Munster Senior Championship final at Cloghroe in 1954 with their commemorative trophies marking the occasion, pictured in 2014.

Road bowling has lost one of its most iconic figures with the death of Liam O’Keeffe of Waterfall. 

While the label ‘iconic’ is often attached to sporting greats, it is certainly apt in the case of Liam O’Keeffe.