Kevin Cassidy
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Caoimhín Ó Casaide | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Wing Back | ||
| Born | 1982 (age 34–35) Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Nickname | Cass | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1999 – present | Ghaoth Dobhair | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2002–2011 | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Kevin Cassidy is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Gweedore, County Donegal. A former member of the Donegal inter-county football team, Cassidy was twice an All Star—in his maiden season and in his last. He plays his club football for Gaoth Dobhair.
Regarded as one of the best attacking wing half-backs of his generation, Cassidy has also played in midfield. A fluent Gaeilgeoir, he lives in the Gaeltacht area of Donegal. Cassidy and his wife both teach as a profession and have two young children. At present, he is absent from the inter-county scene after becoming involved in a dispute about a book with manager Jim McGuinness.
Cassidy's mother Clionagh is a native of Gweedore, while his father Tommy is from Scotland. His mother emigrated to Scotland where she met his father. Kevin, his brother Stephen and his five sisters were born in Glasgow where they lived until Cassidy was eight years of age. Then they moved to the Gaeltacht and Cassidy learned the Irish language.
Cassidy won a Donegal Senior Football Championship medal with Ghaoth Dobhair in 2002. While in the United States in 2006, he played in the Boston Championship. He returned later in the summer to win a second Donegal Senior Football Championship with Ghaoth Dobhair, beating St Eunan's in the 2006 final.
Cassidy made his Championship debut against Cavan at Breffni Park on 12 May 2002. In his first season with Donegal, the team reached the 2002 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, but were defeated. Then he famously went on the lash when Donegal secured a draw against Dublin in their August Bank Holiday Monday All-Ireland quarter-final. Dublin obliterated Donegal in the replay. Nevertheless, Cassidy was awarded an All Star for his performances that year.
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