Super keepers: Pure dedication took Nash and Caoimhín Kelleher to the top

Ringmahon Rangers keeper Caoimhin Kelleher holds possession after making a save at U16 level in Cork in 2013. Picture: Larry Cummins
Nash was a minute away from an All-Ireland medal and just happened to play through a time afterward that Cork haven’t always been competitive.

It’s not any kind of sure thing and yet Kelleher has stepped in and made it seem routine in the last 10 days or so, nothing particularly flashy (the tip-overs against Ajax weren’t showy but decent enough to be good saves) but solid and composed like it was his natural place.

Donal Óg Cusack made the point about Nash getting the most out of himself, about the importance of winning, but when that’s not always possible for every player at every time that the player can leave content that they did everything they could have done.
