Biography
Keher was born in Inistioge, County Kilkenny in 1941. From an early age he showed exceptional talent at the game of hurling, developing his skills with his friends in the square in his local village. Keher first came to prominence as an eight-year-old playing in an under-14 hurling final. Even at that early stage a report of the match described his exceptional talent and his amazing ability at free-taking.
Keher later attended the famous St. Kieran's College, a virtual nursery for young hurling talent. At the age of fifteen he was instrumental on the college hurling team that captured the Leinster colleges' title and subsequently defeated St. Flannans College of Ennis in the 1957 All-Ireland senior colleges' final. In the game itself Keher scored three goals in the second-half to clinch victory, before setting up a fourth goal for his team-mate on the forward line. He captured a second Leinster colleges' title in 1958, however, St. Kieran's were later trounced by St. Flannan's in the All-Ireland final. The score line of 3-10 to 0-2 was a huge blow for the proud hurling college. 1959 saw Keher win a third Leinster colleges' medal in-a-row, this time as captain of the team. He later guided St. Kieran's to a second All-Ireland colleges’ success in three years, this time over the Abbey School, Tipperary Town CBS.
Keher later went to Ross's College in Dublin where he studied to be a bank official. He subsequently worked in the Allied Irish Bank branches in St. Stephen's Green and Capel Street in Dublin. Keher later transferred to the bank's branch in Kilkenny before becoming manager of the AIB branch in Callan, County Kilkenny.
Keher was a founder-member of the No Name Club along with Fr. Tom Murphy and Garda Éamonn Doyle. The organisation was established in 1978 and is devoted to providing alternative venues to public houses for young people and which now has about 30 branches across the country. Keher remains an active member of the No Name Club as the Club’s National Development Officer and is a member of the National Executive as National Treasurer.
In 2006 Keher was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Science at the University of Limerick.
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