Johnny Buckley (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Buachalla | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
31 July 1989 Tralee, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Occupation | Coach Tour Operator | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2007– | Dr Crokes | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 7 | ||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| UCC | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2012–2017 | Kerry | 13 (0-19) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Johnny Buckley (31 July 1989) is a Gaelic footballer from Killarney, County Kerry. He has played with Kerry at every level and plays with the Dr Crokes club.
He first played with the Kerry minor team in 2006, winning the Munster championship and later played in the All-Ireland final loss to Roscommon. He was underage again in 2007 but had little success. He moved to the Under 21 team in 2008, winning Munster and All Ireland medals.[citation needed]
At club level he has 7 Kerry County championships . He has also won 5 Munster club titles between 2006 and 2018. He has also won a number of County league Div 1, County club championship and East Kerry championship titles. With UCC, he won both Sigerson Cup and Cork County football titles in 2011.[citation needed]
On St Patrick's Day 2017 he captained Dr. Crokes to their second ever All Ireland Senior Club title and he lifted the Andy Merrigan Cup jointly with a young Dr. Crokes supporter Amy O'Connor, who had been battling cancer.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "GAA superfan Amy O'Connor passes away after cancer battle". www.irishexaminer.com. 25 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/735/Johnny-Buckley/Minor
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100210054810/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/mf_teams/
- http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sfclub_teams/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190328115822/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21f_teams/
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