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Legendary Kerry GAA player and manager hits big jackpot in club lotto
The people of Kerry are still celebrating their victory in last month's All-Ireland football final but for one Kingdom legend, the summer got even better.
Kenmare Shamrocks GAA is the home of current ace forward Sean O'Shea but a former star player was also making headlines this week.
The south Kerry club's lotto draw had rolled over to a whopping jackpot total of €16,400 and was finally won last weekend by another multiple All-Ireland medal winner.
Mickey Ned O'Sullivan captained Kerry to their breakthrough All-Ireland success in 1975 and went on to win two more medals as a player in 1976 and 1979.
He later went on to manage Kerry at minor, u21 and senior level successfully while he also managed the Limerick senior football team.
O'Sullivan had the inevitable task of taking over from Mick O'Dwyer in 1989, winning a Munster title in 1991, but he was also in charge for the infamous defeat to Clare in 1992.
A post on the Kenmare Shamrocks Facebook page read: 'Kenmare Shamrocks made Mickey Ned O'Sullivan a happy man yesterday when he received his winning Lotto cheque of €16,400. Mickey correctly picked the four winning numbers of last Sunday night's lotto draw (2, 12, 20, 28).'
O'Sullivan, who is a retired schoolteacher, told the Kerryman newspaper: 'It's nice to win anything, you know. I probably have a ticket in there every year since it began and this is the first time I have won.'
'All the money that isn't won goes for the facilities, the all-weather pitch, the gym - there are plans for a new gym - and the maintenance of the facilities, which are great, top-class,' he said. 'It's good to know that the vast majority of the money goes back into the club.'
