Declan Lovett

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Declan Lovett
Personal information
Irish name Déaglán Mac Lomhaid
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Right corner-forward
Hurling Position: Full-forward
Born 1944
Kilmoyley,
County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation Primary school principal
Club(s)
YearsClub
Kilmoyley
Ardfert
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Kerry titles 0 5
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1964-1968
1962-1973
Kerry (SF)
Kerry (SH)
Inter-county titles
 FootballHurling
Munster Titles 1 0
All-Ireland Titles 0 0
League titles 0 0

Brian Declan Lovett (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Kilmoyley and Ardfert and was also a member of the Kerry senior teams as a dual player.

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Career

Born in the hurling stronghold of Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Lovett first played Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College in Killarney. As a member of the Kilmoyley club, he joined the senior team while still a minor and won three successive Kerry SHC titles from 1962 to 1964. Lovett claimed further county honours in 1970 and 1971.

Lovett first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor football team that beat Mayo in the 1962 All-Ireland minor final. [1] He also made his first appearances with the Kerry junior hurling team that year. Lovett also spent four years in the under-21 grade as a Gaelic footballer and won an All-Ireland U21FC medal in 1964. [2] [3]

Lovett first played for the senior team during the 1964–65 NFL. He later won consecutive Division 2 titles as a hurler in 1967 and 1968. [4] As a member of the Kerry junior football team, Lovett won an All-Ireland JFC medal after a defeat of London in 1967. [5] This victory resulted in him once again joining the senior team and he was an unused substitute when Down beat Kerry in the 1968 All-Ireland final. [6]

Personal life

Lovett spent 41 years as a teacher at Kilmoyley NS. He became principal of the school in 1971 and retired in 2004. [7]

Honours

Kilmoyley
Kerry

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