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A writer who grew up in a pub, Kennelly learned how to tell a story and hold an audience
Gabriel Fitzmaurice
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'Kerry people feel they have to be on stage; and football is that stage for a lot of people in Kerry.'
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Clifden and Music For Galway programmes also published
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