Paddy Kelly (Cork footballer)

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Paddy Kelly
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left wing-forward
Born (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985 (age 37)
Cork, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Primary school teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
2003-present
Ballincollig
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2008-2017
Cork 38 (0-26)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 3
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:52, 22 January 2017.

Patrick "Paddy" Kelly (born 14 August 1985) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned nine seasons from 2008 to 2016.

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Born in Cork, Kelly first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at Coláiste Choilm. Here he had Moran Cup and Frewen Cup successes. [1] Kelly first appeared for the Ballincollig club at underage levels, winning divisional minor and under-21 championship medals. As a member of the club's senior team he won a county senior championship medal in 2014.

Kelly made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Cork minor team. He played for one championship season with the minor team, and was a Munster runner-up. Kelly subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning three successive Munster medals between 2004 and 2006. He made his debut during the 2008 league. Over the course of the next nine years Kelly had several successes, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland medal in 2010. He also won three Munster medals and three National Football League medals. He played his last game for Cork in July 2016 and announced his retirement in January 2017. [2] [3] [4]

After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 2005, Kelly made a number of appearances over the following years. During that time he won one Railway Cup medal.

Career statistics

TeamSeason National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Cork 2008 Division 2 30-0010-0010-0050-00
200940-0230-0230-04100-08
2010 Division 1 71-0820-0260-10151-20
201172-1230-0220-02122-16
201283-0410-0020-01113-05
201300-0020-0010-0030-00
201440-0120-0010-0070-01
201530-0030-0020-0280-02
201600-0000-0030-0130-01
Total366-27170-06210-20746-53

Honours

Ballincollig
Cork
Munster

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References

  1. O'Toole, Fintan (19 September 2009). "The final test for Kelly". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. Shannon, Kieran (6 January 2017). "2010 All-Ireland winner Paddy Kelly retires from career with Cork Rebels". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. "Cork All Ireland winner Paddy Kelly has retired". Irish Independent. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. "Cork's Paddy Kelly hangs up boots". RTÉ Sport. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.