The Linehans, were the greatest Gaelic football family to come from Boherbue. They were borne in a thatched house adjacent to the Parish hall, the first house in the townland of Derrynatubrid. The three brothers, Peter, Jack and Henry all played football with both Fermoy and Cork. They played together for many years with Fermoy but never played together with Cork. Peter and Jack played some challenge games with Boherbue at the beginning of the 20th century.
How did the Fermoy connection come about?
Although their father Patrick was a carpenter, Peter went to Fermoy at the beginning of the century, in his late teens, to learn the trade from a man called Creedon.
Jack, 1885 – 1968 followed him a few years later.
Henry 1891 – 1982 followed also but learned the trade from his brother Peter.
Peter and Henry were to spend the remainder of their lives in Fermoy although they were also associated with a little village called Coolagown, a few miles from Fermoy, in the parish of Castlelyons. Peter married a young National teacher from Beara and they reared a talented family, academic and sporting. Their son Matt, a famous cyclist was tragically killed in a cycling accident.
Peter died at the age of sixty five.