Mickey Ned O'Sullivan is endorsing a 'Yes' vote in the upcoming Marriage Equality referendum.

The former Kerry and Limerick manager longs to see a truly equal society as set out in the Proclamation of Independence:

"The Proclamation contains a guarantee of religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities for all citizens, and a promise to cherish all the children of the nation equally," the Kerryman notes in The Irish Examiner.

"I was saying to myself, 'what would Padraig Pearse think?' A century later and we still don't have the society that was their ideal.

"Marian and I have two boys, now in their mid-30s. One of them is gay, the other is straight, married with two children.

"We love them very much for who they are but I feel we're living in a country where one of them is not treated as an equal and I wanted to give a personal story.

"I respect those people who will be voting no. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I'm just giving mine."

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