Kieran Quirke

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Kieran Quirke
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Back
Born County Kerry, Ireland
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
Duagh
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2008-2009
Kerry
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

Kieran Quirke is a Gaelic footballer from Duagh, County Kerry, in Ireland. He plays for the Duagh GAA club, Feale Rangers divisional side and Kerry senior football team.

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Playing career

Club football

In 2006, Quirke won the Kerry Junior Football Championship with Duagh. [1] The team went on to emerge from Munster with Quirke playing a key part as they qualified for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final in 2007. [1] However, Greencastle GAA defeated them by one point in the final. [2] [3]

Quirke went on to win that year's Kerry Senior Football Championship with Feale Rangers as they beat South Kerry by a point in the final. [4]

In 2012 he captained Duagh to a first North Kerry Championship title in 50 years.

Inter-county football

Quirke played minor with Kerry and was a sub with the Under 21 team.[ citation needed ] It was with the county junior team he was first noticed when he won a Munster championship in 2008 and later lost the All Ireland semi final.[ citation needed ] After a few years away from the team, he was back in 2012 and won a second Munster title and later an All Ireland title.[ citation needed ]

He was a member for the Kerry senior panel in 2008 and 2009, playing 5 league games in 2009 and winning a medal as a member of the panel that beat Derry in the final. He also won an All Ireland title later on as a member of the panel.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Intercounty

Club

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