Brendan Kealy

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Brendan Kealy
Personal information
Irish name Breandán Ó Caolaí
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 37)
Tralee, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Sales Rep
Club(s)
YearsClub
2004–
 Kilcummin
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2010–2017
 Kerry 28 (0-1)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 7
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 12:46, 13 July 2017.

Brendan Kealy (born 1 January 1986) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Kerry county team. [1]

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Career

Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Kealy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2010 National Football League. Kealy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won three Munster medals on the field of play. He has been an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

Kealy was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions; however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he plays with Kilcummin.

Throughout his career Kealy made 28 championship appearances for Kerry.

Peter Keane brought Kealy in as goalkeeping coach of the Kerry senior team late in his tenure, while Keane's successor as manager Jack O'Connor (who had used Kealy as goalkeeping coach of the under-20 team) retained Kealy, so Kealy was there when the team won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [2]

Honours

Kerry
Kilcummin

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References

  1. ↑ "Player profile: Brendan Kealy". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Keys, Colm (30 July 2022). "Meet the multi-layered group of experts behind the team that Jack built". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. … Goalkeeping coach — Brendan Kealy Brought in by Peter Keane last year, the former All-Star fulfilled the same role when O'Connor was U-20 manager…
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