Brian Kelly (Gaelic footballer)

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Brian Kelly
Personal information
Irish name Brían Ó Ceallaigh
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 32)
Tralee, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nickname Gino Ginelli
Club(s)
YearsClub
2007–
Killarney Legion
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
UCC
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2012–2020
Kerry 6 (0-0)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Brian Kelly (born 22 January 1990) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Killarney Legion and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2012. [1]

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Schools

Kelly played with St Brendan's College, Killarney with whom he won a Munster Colleges Corn Uí Mhuirí title in 2008. The school later qualified for the Hogan Cup final nut lost out to St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon in Croke Park.

College

Kelly later attended University College Cork. He lined out with the UCC GAA club and won a Sigerson Cup title in 2014.

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References

  1. "Profile (dead link as of 2nd of August 2016)". Kerry GAA. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.