Liam Keoghan

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Liam Keoghan
Personal information
Irish name Liam Mac Eochagáin
Sport Hurling
Position Right wing-back
Born (1967-09-29) 29 September 1967 (age 53)
Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Tullaroan
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1992-1998
 Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 1

Liam Michael Keoghan (born 29 September 1967) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Tullaroan and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a wing-back. [1]

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Career

Keoghan first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullaroan club before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He enjoyed his first success in 1988 when Tullaroan won the County Intermediate Championship before claiming the County Senior Championship title in 1994. Keoghan first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kilkenny minor team in 1985 before winning a Leinster Championship title with the under-21 side in 1988. He was drafted onto the Kilkenny senior hurling team prior to the start of the 1992-93 league and was at wing-back when Kilkenny beat Galway in the 1993 All-Ireland final. [2] Keoghan's other honours include a National League title in 1995, two Leinster Championship medals and an All-Star Award. His last major game was the 1998 All-Ireland final defeat by Offaly. [3] His granduncle, Jack Keoghan, won five All-Ireland medals during a golden age for Kilkenny between 1907 and 1913, while his son, Martin Keoghan, has also lined out for Kilkenny. [4]

Honours

Team

Tullaroan
Kilkenny

Individual

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ O'Riordan, Tom (7 September 1998). "Keoghan's desire for that winning feeling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Good days...and bad". Irish Independent. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ↑ McGee, Eugene (14 September 1998). "Offaly silence the `back door' knockers". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "JJ Delaney tells classic rural GAA story about Kilkenny's newest star Keoghan". Sports Joe. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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