Baby joy for Limerick joint senior football captain ahead of club final
LIMERICK joint senior football captain Iain Corbett is celebrating after he became a father for the first time.
The defender, a garda based in Tipperary, welcomed little Dylan into the world with partner Laura Greaney this week.
"So special they set off fireworks all night for your arrival," Iain joked on Instagram, in reference to the fact his son was born on Halloween night, Tuesday, October 31.
He described the baby's mother as "amazing", adding: "We're blessed to have you."
Iain, 31, will be hoping to be celebrating on the double, as he leads his Newcastle West team into battle against Adare this Sunday.
He is hoping his side can secure three County Senior Football Championship titles on the spin. Throw-in for the game is 2pm at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.
Alongside joint captain, goalkeeper Donal O'Sullivan, Iain has skippered the Limerick footballers to two league promotions, a Munster final, a McGrath Cup title in 2020, as well as a first appearance at Croke Park in more than a decade last year.
It came after he missed the 2018 campaign as he took part in a tour of duty of the Lebanon, as he was then a private in the Irish Army.
Many of his county teammates took time out to congratulate him on his new arrival.
In this number were Colm McSweeney, Josh Ryan, plus former panellists Danny Neville and Robbie Childs.
Elsewhere, another Limerick footballer has reason to celebrate this week.
Wedding bells are set to chime for Dromcollogher-Broadford man Cillian Fahy.
The 27-year-old midfielder, a teacher at Broadford National School, popped the question to his long-term girlfriend Caoimhe O'Neill.
She said yes in the beautiful, but bracing surrounds of Brandon Point in Co Kerry!