Kay Brennan’s colourful memories of the early days of Irish women’s football

The trailblazing Kilkenny woman played in the first three FAI Cup finals in the early 1970s and she remains, very much, a force of nature

Kay Brennan during a reunion event, at the CityNorth Hotel in Gormanston, Co Meath, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Jeyes team from 1972 who went on a four-game tour of France. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Kay Brennan during a reunion event, at the CityNorth Hotel in Gormanston, Co Meath, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Jeyes team from 1972 who went on a four-game tour of France. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile