Dermot Kelly: Father, husband, songwriter, poet, bank manager and hurling hero. | ArthurJamesOD
Limerick had secured their first provincial title in 15 years and the 23-year-old Kelly had scored 1-12 from his team’s 2-15 total. In what was then a 60-minute final, his feat had never before been accomplished; now forever unsurpassable.
Theirs was a persistence rooted in youth. Although most had expected Clare to win, it was quickly assumed that this young Limerick team, heightened by their proximity to the legendary Mackey, had a sense of destiny about them. Unquestionably proud of representing his county, it never appeared to make much sense to Kelly that what he achieved at 23 should overly influence how he lived his life thereafter.
Stood in the water at Carnoustie with hands on hips and trouser legs rolled up over his knees, that infamous photograph captures the Frenchman van de Velde in the process of blowing what seemed an unassailable lead at the 1999 Open Championship. “He was exactly like all the rest of us really, a massive Limerick fan,” he says, hurling the focal point of all discussions right up until their final meeting last Saturday week.
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