My Beautiful Obsession - Chasing the Kerry Dream

My Beautiful Obsession - Chasing the Kerry Dream

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Author: Fogarty, Weeshie

Brand: The Collins Press

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Number Of Pages: 274

PartNumber: B&W photos

Release Date: 01-10-2012

Details: A fascinating account of the life and career of Weeshie Fogarty, describing the passion and all-consuming obsession with football in Kerry and capturing the importance of the sport in the life of a youngster in Killarney in the 1950s. After his dream of playing with Kerry in Croke Park comes true, Weeshie becomes an intercounty referee and experiences the trauma of assault. Some secrets of Kerry football are revealed and some controversial moments. Today, he is an award-winning sports broadcaster with Radio Kerry. Into this memoir he weaves an account of life as a psychiatric nurse in a Victorian-style mental hospital.

EAN: 9781848891562

Model: B&W photos

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Item Condition: New