Kevin Kelly (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Caoimhín Ó Ceallaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born |
1945 Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Died |
(aged 79) Athlone County Westmeath, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8[1] in (1.73 m) | ||
| Occupation | Garda Síochána | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Carbury Athlone | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kildare titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Kildare | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Kevin Kelly (1945 – 17 December 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Carbury and Athlone and was also a member of the Kildare senior football team.
Kelly's club career spanned two different clubs and two different counties. He won six Kildare SFC medals with Carbury, while he also won three Westmeath SFC medals with Athlone.[2] At inter-county level, Kelly won an All-Ireland U21FC medal with Kildare in 1965, before later lining out for the senior team.[3]
Kelly died on 17 December 2024, at the age of 79.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Carbury
- Offaly Senior Football Championship: 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974
- Athlone
- Westmeath Senior Football Championship: 1977, 1979, 1982
- Kildare
References
[edit]- ^ "Close-up on the players". Nationalist and Leinster Times. 1 October 1965. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Carbury's Ollie Crinnigan on being Kildare's first ever All-Star". Kildare Now. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Athlone GAA pays tribute after passing of former star". Westmeath Independent. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Death of Kildare football great Kevin Kelly". Hogan Stand. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.