Double Dreams
ONE of the most momentous weeks in not only the schools but maybe even Kerry Post-Primary GAA history will begin in Croke Park next Tuesday as Tralee CBS bid to win two All-Ireland U19 titles in the space of five days.
The Green will firstly bid to win their first ever Hogan Cup when they face Coláiste Mhuire of Mullingar in the football decider on St Patrick’s Day at 3pm in a game that will be televised by TG4.
Should they be successful, they would become the fifth Kerry school after St Brendan’s College Killarney (1969, 1992, 2016 and 2017), Intermediate School Killorglin (1996), Coláiste Na Sceilge (2009) and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne (2014 and 2015) to win the competition as next Tuesday is only the second time in history that The Green will have contested the final going back to 2007 when they lost to Omagh CBS. The school are reporting a clean bill of health ahead of the game as Marc Ó Sé and Liam O’Sullivan’s charges will face a Westmeath school looking to be the first school from the county to win the event since Carmelite College of Moate did so back in 1981.
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New Irish record for Sarah Leahy
Killarney Valley’s Sarah Leahy added another Irish record to her collection of achievements in recent years last weekend although this one was a small bit more unique for the distance she raced over.
At the Lee Valley Open Track Meeting in London, Leahy set an Irish record time of 11.72secs over the rarely raced 100 metres at Indoor level where in her own words she recovered from a poor start to set a now record time for Irish Women over the distance. She won a race featuring fellow Irish athletes Orla Comerford (Paralympian) and Mollie O’Reilly and the performance will be seen as a big boost for her ahead of the start of the Outdoor Season in due course.
Cronin’s Ring Return confirmed
Elsewhere this week, ‘Kingdom Warrior’ Kevin Cronin has confirmed that he will be having his first fight since winning the BUI Irish Light Heavyweight title last October when he steps into the ring in Alicante in Spain next month on Saturday April 18th against an as yet unnamed opponent. Confirmation of the fight comes as he speaks to Kerry’s Eye Sport this week about his return to the ring and how this fight came about after plans to fight in Belfast and Montreal, Canada fell through for different reasons.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
