High drama as Kevin takes the stage in Clonmel

It was ten years ago this year, the unforgettable drama of Big Fella Thanks and his hugely popular Derby win for the O’Driscoll clan of Skibbereen; in the big stand that day, on one of my regular tours around Powerstown, I bumped into Kevin O’Shea.

Kevin O’Shea, at a coursing meeting? In fact at the coursing meeting to end all coursing meetings every season, the national finals in Clonmel? ]

To all who know him, Kevin is a man apart; renowned nationwide on the amateur drama circuit, he is an actor of modest enough ability, but he is a director and producer of the highest calibre, has brought his Schoolyard Theatre troupe on 11 different occasions to the All-Ireland finals in Athlone.