Joe Keohane
Joseph Nicholas Keohane (18 August 1918 – 5 January 1988) was an Irish Gaelic football manager, selector and former player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1936 to 1948. Personal life Born in Boherbee Tralee, County Kerry. He was the son of John Keohane, sergeant in the Munster Fusiliers, and Babs Keohane (née Doocey). Educated at Tralee CBS, on leaving school he joined the Civil Service in the Department of Lands. He later worked as a manager in the Dingle Fisherman's Co-op. Army career In 1941 he resigned from the Civil Service to join the Irish Army during The Emergency (Ireland). He spent time braced in Renmore Barracks (Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa) in Galway. Having attained the rank of Captain, he retired voluntarily from the army in 1960. He continued to hold his commission as a reserve, and was called up for service again in 1969, soon after the outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland. Court-martialled in 1972 on charges of fraudulently misapplying ammunition, he was defended by Seán MacBride, who argued that it was common in the army to accumulate ‘buckshee’ ammunition for additional practice for shooting teams. Found