Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Corner-back | ||
Born | County Armagh, Northern Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Madden Raparees GAC | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2001-2006 | Armagh | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Kevin McElvanna is an Irish Gaelic footballer from the small club of Madden south-west of Armagh city. He played for Armagh GAA from 2001 to 2006 as a defender. [1]
McElvanna attended Queen's University Belfast. He won a Sigerson Cup in 2000 [2] and received a Full Blue award for his football achievements. [3] He also captained Armagh's U21 team to an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. McElvanna was selected for the Armagh senior panel in 2001. In his six years as a panel member, he won four Ulster Senior Football Championship medals and one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal. Although he wasn't always in the Armagh first team, [4] McElvanna played an important role in games such as the 2004 Ulster semi-final. [5]
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