Ned Roche

Ned Roche
Personal information
Irish name	Éamonn de Róiste
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-back
Born	1929; Knocknagoshel, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	11 October 2004 (aged 75); Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname	Ned
Occupation	Army officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Clonmel Commercials; Knocknagoshel
Club titles
Kerry titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1952; 1953-1958	Tipperary; Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0

Edmond Roche (1929 – 11 October 2004), known as Ned Roche, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Clonmel Commercials and Knocknagoshel and at inter-county level with the Tipperary and Kerry senior football teams.

Career

Roche first played Gaelic football at club level with Knocknagoshel before transferring to the Clonmel Commercials club.^[1] His performances with the latter resulted in a call-up to the Tipperary senior football team, however, he declared for the Kerry senior football team in advance of the 1953 Munster Championship. Roche won the first of four provincial championship medals that year before ending the season with an All-Ireland title after a defeat of Armagh in the final. After defeat by Meath in the 1954 All-Ireland final, he claimed a second winners' medal after lining out at full-back in Kerry's defeat of Dublin in the 1955 All-Ireland final.^[2]^[3]

^ "Knocknagoshel's Kerry Players". Knocknagoshel GAA website. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Ned Roche". Hogan Stand. 31 October 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Ned Roche, the 'exile', had an indestructible presence". The Kerryman. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2021.