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That 1947 All Ireland Final
Yesterday I shared with you Kathleen Reynolds’ great uncle’s first hand account of a spectator at that match.
Here is an extract from Kathy’s email;
The game was attended by 34,500 including my father’s uncle, Mike Fitzmaurice, who had left Moybella South, Lisselton around 1910 for Waterbury, Connecticut.
Notes (Irish Independent & Wikipedia)
The Artane Boys’ Band also travelled to New York to play before the match.
Michael O’Hehir broadcast a radio commentary from New York. O’Hehir noticed that broadcasting delays would bring the radio link down five minutes before the final had ended. He later recalled his plea:'”If there’s anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more, and I kept begging for five minutes more” The link stayed open.
Kerry — D O’Keeffe; D Lyne (capt), J Keohane, P Brosnan; J Lyne, W Casey, E Walsh; E Dowling, E O’Connor; E O’Sullivan, D Kavanagh, B Garvey; F O’Keeffe, T O’Connor, O Kennedy.
Subs: W O’Donnell for Dowling, M Finucane for Walsh, T Brosnan for O’Donnell, G Teehan for Kennedy
Score 2-11 to 2-7
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There was a North Kerry man on the team.
The last surviving member of that Kerry team, Ballydonoghue man , Mick Finucane passed away in 2016;
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People I met in Town
I met Paud Pelican and Mary Hanlon at Listowel Credit Union
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A School in Mourning
I visited Scoil Réalta na Maidine to photograph their beautiful piece of Paddy Fitzgibbon’s artwork.
I was jolted back to harsh reality by the lovely shrine underneath.
On the week that Paddy Fitzgibbon passed away, the boy’s school lost someone dear, a beloved member of the school community, pupil,
Pádraig Beasley.
Padraig’s family have strong links with the school. His mother, Maeve is a teacher there and his grandfather, Cathal is a past principal.
Padraig passed away on Jan 6 2023. Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas síoraí dó.
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Mary Hanlon
Thank you, Mary. I must show this to Paud.
Love all of your blogs. Always something interesting to read & so often to learn.
Stay well
Neil Brosnan
Hi Mary,
Thank you for again for your excellent ‘Listowel Connection – my first port of call each morning.
Re the 1947 Kerry football team.
Eddie Dowling from Ballydonoghue also played in that game, and many believe that his loss due to concussion had a huge effect on the Kerry perfomance.
Re An Cailín Ciúin:
You recently mentioned Eibhlín wearing trousers in An Cailín Ciúin. I’m glad to say that Bray designer Louis Stanton is responsible for the wardrobe of the film – Louise is the sister of my partner, Gina Kelly. Louise personally made many of the costumes, including Cáit’s iconic lemon dress. The knitted and crocheted items were crafted by Louise’s 92 year-old mother, Marie Kelly, and her knitting circle friends in Castlebridge in Wexford, The Joe Heney movie ‘Song of Granite’, and Roddy Doyle’s, ‘Rosie’ are among Louise’s previous projects, along with the forthcoming RTE series ‘The Dry’. Louise is presently working on writer/director Pat Collins’s production of John McGahern’s ‘That they may face the rising sun’.
Maith thú, Mary.
listowelconnection
Thank you Neil for all of that information. There it is, the Listowel connection!
The costumes in An Cailín Ciúin were perfect. The story was told through the costumes as well. Well done, Louise and her mother and her gang.