Brendan Kealy
Kerry Gaelic footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Breandán Ó Caolaí | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | (1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 38) Tralee, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Occupation | Sales Rep | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2004– | Kilcummin | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2010–2017 | Kerry | 28 (0-1) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 12:46, 13 July 2017. | |||
Brendan Kealy (born 1 January 1986) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Kerry county team.[1]
Career
Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Kealy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2010 National Football League. Kealy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won three Munster medals on the field of play. He has been an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
Kealy was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions; however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he plays with Kilcummin.
Throughout his career Kealy made 28 championship appearances for Kerry.
Peter Keane brought Kealy in as goalkeeping coach of the Kerry senior team late in his tenure, while Keane's successor as manager Jack O'Connor (who had used Kealy as goalkeeping coach of the under-20 team) retained Kealy, so Kealy was there when the team won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[2]
Honours
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2014
- Munster Senior Football Championship (7): 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- National Football League (1): 2017
- Munster Minor Football Championship (2): 2003, 2004
- Kilcummin
- Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1) 2018 (c)
- Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1) 2018 (c)
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship (1) 2019 (c)
References
- ^ "Player profile: Brendan Kealy". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ Keys, Colm (30 July 2022). "Meet the multi-layered group of experts behind the team that Jack built". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
… Goalkeeping coach — Brendan Kealy Brought in by Peter Keane last year, the former All-Star fulfilled the same role when O'Connor was U-20 manager…
