A game for the ages! Longford girl Kallie Herbert shines at Croke Park on All-Ireland hurling final day
Kallie was very nervous naturally but all the nerves seemed to disappear once she got onto the pitch
Longford girl Kallie Herbert starred at Croke Park on All-Ireland hurling final day as she played at half time of the titanic Clare v Cork tussle in the GAA INTO Cumann na mBunscol Respect Exhibition Go Games.
Kallie was a pupil in Lanesboro primary school up until recently since they broke for summer holidays as she will be going into 1st year in Lanesboro Community College in September.
Kallie competed in an indoor hurling league during last winter for Lanesboro Primary School and was picked to represent not only her school (Lanesboro Primary School) but the county of Longford during the All-Ireland hurling final.
Kallie had a wonderful day in Croke Park and played in front of 82,000 people.
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She was very nervous naturally but all the nerves seemed to disappear once she got onto the pitch.
Kallie's 1st love is actually Gaelic football as she plays for Rathcline GAA.
Main photo caption: The Cork team, backrow from left, Paige Russell, Holy Trinity SNS, Donaghmeade, Dublin, Sophie Bridgeman, St Fiachra's SNS, Beaumont, Dublin, Annie Rose Hogan, Coolderry NS, Birr, Offaly, Kallie Herbert, Lanesboro NS, Lanesboro, Longford, and Niamh McGarry, St Mary's PS, Portaferry, Down, and front row from left, Millie Allen, Riverstown NS, Glanmire, Cork, Sadhbh Spillane, Abbeydorney NS, Abbeydorney, Kerry, Fia Conroy, Scoil an Fhraoich Mhóir, Portlaoise, Laois, Amelia O'Donovan, Glenville NS, Glenville, Cork, and Emma Kelly, Church Hill NS, Cuffesgrange, Kilkenny, with from left, President of Cumann na mBunscol Gary Farrell, Uachtarán an Cumann Camógaíochta Brian Molloy, Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Jarlath Burns and INTO President Carmel Browne, before the GAA INTO Cumann na mBunscol Respect Exhibition Go Games at the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship final between Clare and Cork at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile