I first met Sean Kelly in 2000.  Back then, he was earning his spurs as a GAA administrator, blending his day job as a teacher with roles with the Kerry County Board, the Munster Council, and as chairman of what was then the GAA’s international development committee.  I was a student with a part-time job in Croke Park. One of my roles, for a period, involved taking minutes at Kelly’s committee and working in the background at a number of international GAA tournaments. Kelly was a tour de force, building international networks and driving the growth of the association overseas.…

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