Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Gaibrial Ó Ceallaigh | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right Corner Back | ||
Born | County Mayo, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Bailieborough Cavan Gaels | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1955–1969 | Cavan | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
All Stars | 3 |
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Renowned as one of the great corner-backs of his era, Kelly was the first Cavan man to receive an Cú Chulainn Award and featured regularly on All-Star teams selected in the 1960s ('63, '64, '67). He was a permanent fixture on the all-conquering Ulster Railway Cup teams of the 1960s (1964, ‘ 65, ’66 and ’68). He won Ulster Senior Football Championship medals in 1962, '64, '67 and '69. [1] [2] He went on to manage Cavan in the early '80's.
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