We thank Angela Twomey in Dublin (whose mother – Mary Kelleher -was a native of Minor Row, Millstreet) for the following very interesting information. Angela and her husband Jerry (from Millstreet) have been in touch with their Kelleher Cousins yesterday and say: “We believe there’s a Millstreet connection with Caoimhín Kelleher, the young Liverpool goalkeeper. We think his maternal grandfather was Jim Hegarty, the former creamery manager in Kilcorney. Caoimhín’s mother trained in Limerick PE college with Brian McSweeney of Millstreet and Cobh and his late father was Ray, a PE teacher in Pres.”
We extend sincere thanks to Angela and Jerry Twomey on sharing what is now a second link with a true Sports Star. Just a short time ago Joan Galwey (née Corkery) revealed Tipperary’s Colin O’Riordan’s direct connection with Millstreet also. Two Sport Stars with Millstreet Connections now added to the already renowned sporting tradition in Millstreet Parish.
