Kelly’s heroes . . . the 58 Westmeath recruits helping to blow the whistle on referee crisis ?

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Kelly’s heroes . . . the 58 Westmeath recruits helping to blow the whistle on referee crisis ?

Former All-Ireland hurling referee Barry Kelly tells the story of John Joe Brady, partly as a retort to the notion that GAA officials are destined to a life of misery and partly as a metaphor for the recruitment challenge facing every county.