The Late Larry White Hurling followers throughout the County were saddened to hear of the death of hurling great's Larry White during the past few weeks. Larry was one of a small select group of Crotta players lucky enough to have won a County Minor Championship medal. He was a member of the St. Michael's team (Crotta/Lixnam Combination) which lost the County Minor final in 1953. In 1954 he was full back when St. Patrick's (Crotta/O'Dorney) defeated Johnny Culloty led Killarney team. Larry went on to win a North Kerry Leagues hurling medal with Kilflynn in 1957, before graduating to the Crotta Senior in the 60s. Unfortunately Larry had retired from Senior hurling when Crotta won the 1968 County Championship, so he never won that Senior medal which his talents and dedication deserved, nevertheless Larry continued to be a loyal club member and fanatical supporter up to his death. The late Monty McElligott had the distinction of playing in 5 County Championship finals- winning three of these in 1947, 1950 and 1951. He was on the losing sides of 1952 and 1957. Monty's consistency can be judged from the fact he played in the full back line in four of those finals. He had the well-deserved reputation of conceding the minimum of scores to opposing forwards. Incidentally in his last county final appearance, Monty, his late brother Joe and John McCarthy formed the line of defence, after his retirement Monty served as club chairman and continued his commitment and dedication into is later years. Larry and Monty passed on that sporting tradition to their families. Ar dheis lamh De go Raibh an Anam. Courtesy of The Kerryman 4th August 2005 Tweet

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