Early Life
Ger Power was born in Annacotty, County Limerick in 1952. He was little over a week old when his father, Jackie Power, who worked for CIÉ, was transferred to Tralee in County Kerry. Jackie was a great hurler with Limerick in the 1930s and 1940s, winning three All-Ireland medals in 1934, 1936 and 1940. He later played hurling with Kerry and was a huge influence on his son’s sporting career. Ger Power began his inter-county career with the Kerry under-16 hurling team, however, he soon realised that football was the most important sport to Kerry people.
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