It never rains but it pours, especially in Kerry when all that wild Atlantic air rises to meet the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks. Six months on, now fit and well, the only treatment Keane requires is a trip to the barber, he readily admits. “A friend of mine sent me a message on the Monday, probably wondering where my head was at,” he recalled, speaking yesterday ahead of Saturday’s Allianz Football League opener against Galway in Tralee. I suppose I was very, very fortunate with Kerry Mountain Rescue that they came, and it was unbelievable – it was embarrassing, to be honest with you. “It was unbelievable to think that these people come out in all types of weather and you’ve somebody bringing half a stretcher, and another person bringing the other half, somebody bringing a sledge and somebody bringing stakes.

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2021 01:30 UTC