My Beautiful Obsession - Chasing the Kerry Dream (eBook, ePUB) - Fogarty, Weeshie
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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.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
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.
Autorenporträt
Weeshie Fogarty, born in 1941, grew up on Lower New St., Killarney. After 38 years as a psychiatric nurse in St. Finan's Hospital, Killarney, he became a sports broadcaster and analyst with Radio Kerry and writer for The Kerryman. He won four McNamee Awards and, in 2008, the prestigious National PPI Radio award for his programme, Terrace Talk. In 2010 he won the National PPI Radio Award as National Sports Broadcaster of the Year.