Former St Loman's hero meets current Flanagan Cup winner

The last surviving member of the St Loman’s team to win the Westmeath senior football title 77 years ago met up with a member of current side that won the Flanagan Cup last October.

John Salvador Kenny was part of St Loman's team that won the Mullingar club’s first senior football championship in 1948. He resides in Portiuncula Nursing Home in Multyfarnham and Darragh O’Keeffe, who played at full back in last year’s victory over The Downs, called to visit the former player.

Noel Marshall, Activities Coordinator, said John was delighted to meet up with Darragh to chat about the glory days of both past and present.

“We invited some of the team and Darragh O'Keeffe, who's a current member of the Loman’s team, with seven county medals, called with the Flanagan Cup. He and John sat down and had a great chat about what training was like in 1947 and compared that to what it's like today. They discussed different players and the management team,” he explained.

“John is 100 in May and as far as we know he's the last surviving member of the panel. His memory recall was brilliant, he could remember everything about the finals, he could remember the following year's final where St Loman’s lost to Athlone by a point and he had great recollection of all the players and management team,” he said.