Kieran Donaghy
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Ciarán Ó Duinneacha | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Forward,Midfielder | ||
| Born |
1 March 1983 Omagh, Northern Ireland |
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| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Occupation | Sales Manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2001- | Austin Stacks | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 1 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2004- | Kerry | 60 (13-32) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NFL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Kieran Donaghy (born 1 March 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays inter-county for Kerry and club football for Austin Stacks in Tralee. Donaghy has won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, eight Munster Championships and a National League title with Kerry, and is the recipient of two All Stars Awards.
A full forward, Donaghy serves as an effective target man, using his height, catching ability and scoring technique to good effect.
Donaghy's emergence in 2006 was regarded as a 'rags to riches story'. In 2004, before he made his breakthrough on the Kerry senior side, Donaghy took part in the GAA reality TV show Underdogs on TG4. He played in a one-off game against Kerry while on the show.He made his Kerry debut against Dublin in 2005 and won a Munster Senior Football Championship medal with the county that year. Donaghy previously played basketball for Tralee Tigers since a young age and represented his country at a number of underage levels.
Donaghy began the 2006 NFL season as a midfield partner for Darragh Ó Sé and Kerry were crowned NFL champions. Donaghy began the Championship in the same position, as Kerry reached the Munster Championship final against old rivals Cork. Donaghy was sent off for two bookable offenses and he was banned for the subsequent replay, from which Cork emerged victorious. A round later in the Qualifiers against Longford, Donaghy was moved to the full forward position. It proved a very successful switch as he set up three goals, a number of points and scored a point himself. Against Armagh in the All-Ireland quarter-final, he scored a goal. Following alleged provocation that he was "only a basketball player" he goaded Armagh goalkeeper Paul Hearty in his celebrations after the goal - but later acknowledged his indiscretion. Kerry beat Cork in the semi-final and met Mayo in the All-Ireland final. Donaghy played a pivotal role in Kerry's winning by 4-15 to 3-05. He scored a 1-02 and set up another goal in the match. He later won an All Star award and was included in the GPA Team of the Year. He was named All Stars Footballer of the Year, GPA Footballer of the Year, Texaco Footballer of the Year and was hailed as the new Bomber Liston. He denied this, saying: "It's very flattering to be compared to him, but I'd need to play in a good few All-Ireland finals to be in the same league as him".
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