My Beautiful Obsession: Chasing the Kerry Dream

Biography & Memoir, Sports, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Cover of the book My Beautiful Obsession: Chasing the Kerry Dream by Weeshie Fogarty, The Collins Press
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Author: Weeshie Fogarty ISBN: 9781848899827
Publisher: The Collins Press Publication: October 1, 2012
Imprint: The Collins Press Language: English
Author: Weeshie Fogarty
ISBN: 9781848899827
Publisher: The Collins Press
Publication: October 1, 2012
Imprint: The Collins Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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