Just before Christmas Johnny turned 90 years of age and Kevin Murphy brought his old friend up to the Kenny home for a socially distanced visit on the big occasion.

Johnny Kenny was that first man to return home to the West Wicklow town with the Miley Cup. It's very likely that during a quiet moment amid the celebrations or in the days that followed he may have allowed his thoughts to wander back over the years since 1958 when Baltinglass teams and their loyal supporters came up out of Aughavannagh and down into Rathdangan for the traditional rest stop at Junior's before making the final joyous leg of the trip home.ДЄnd the young warrior may well have reflected on the first man to bring the Miley on that by now familiar journey, a groundbreaker who led the charge for years, driving on his beloved club on and off the field, representing the county and paving the way for men like Kevin Murphy to believe deep down in their very souls that to go and win the Miley Cup is something akin to a God given right. When Baltinglass captain Kevin Murphy returned to the town with the Miley Cup in his hands last September after their victory over Tinahely he would have been acutely aware of the long list of proud men who had made that same wonderful journey before him.

Annemann the life and times of a legend