Killian Young

Killian Young

Personal information
Irish name	Cillian de Shiún
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left half back
Born	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 38) Reenard, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Bank Manager
Club(s)
Years	Club
1995–	Renard
Club titles
Kerry titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2006–2019	Kerry	45
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	9
All-Irelands	4
NFL	2

Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsman. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry senior football team from 2006 to 2019.

Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O'Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship. ^[1] He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals Cork in the final. In 2010, he captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC in the final.

References

1. Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at "RTÉ Sport: Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11". RTÉ.ie . Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.. Accessed 24 May 2008.

External links

• http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=SPORT&jp=mhmhauojgbid&d=2007-10-03
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090805085658/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0826/kerry.html
• http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/u21s-wouldnt-have-filled-in-1294736.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080307061645/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0216/kerry_tyrone.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110521143225/http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg%3Dsport-qqqm%3DGAA-qqqa%3Dsport-qqqid%3D55500-qqqx%3D1.asp
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071118194803/http://www.roscommonherald.ie/news/story/?trs=gbqlqlmh
• http://www.anfearrua.com/story.asp?id=2639

Preceded by Keith Higgins (Mayo)	All Stars Young Footballer of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Tommy Walsh (Kerry)
Preceded by Andrew O'Sullivan (Cork)	All-Ireland Under-21 FC winning captain 2008	Succeeded by Colm O'Neill (Cork)
Preceded by Fintan Goold (Cork)	U21 Footballer of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Colm O'Neill (Cork)