Kieran Quirke is a Gaelic footballer from Duagh, County Kerry, in Ireland. He plays for the Duagh GAA club, Feale Rangers divisional side and Kerry senior football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Back | ||
| Born | County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Duagh | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2008-2009 | Kerry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Playing career
editClub football
editIn 2006, Quirke won the Kerry Junior Football Championship with Duagh.[1] The team went on to emerge from Munster with Quirke playing a key part as they qualified for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final in 2007.[1] However, Greencastle GAA defeated them by one point in the final.[2][3]
Quirke went on to win that year's Kerry Senior Football Championship with Feale Rangers as they beat South Kerry by a point in the final.[4]
In 2012 he captained Duagh to a first North Kerry Championship title in 50 years.
Inter-county football
editQuirke played minor with Kerry and was a sub with the Under 21 team.[citation needed] It was with the county junior team he was first noticed when he won a Munster championship in 2008 and later lost the All Ireland semi final.[citation needed] After a few years away from the team, he was back in 2012 and won a second Munster title and later an All Ireland title.[citation needed]
He was a member for the Kerry senior panel in 2008 and 2009, playing 5 league games in 2009 and winning a medal as a member of the panel that beat Derry in the final. He also won an All Ireland title later on as a member of the panel.[citation needed]
Honours
editIntercounty
- 1 All Ireland Junior Championship
- 2 Munster Junior Championship
Club
- 1 County Senior Championship
- 1 Munster Junior Club Championship
- 1 County Junior Club Championship
- 1 North Kerry Senior Championship
References
edit- ^ a b "GAA: Maher lights the way for dynamic Duagh Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine", The Kingdom (22 February 2007).
- ^ "Greencastle pip Duagh at the post", Irish Examiner (12 March 2007).
- ^ "Greencastle are junior champions", BBC Sport (11 March 2007).
- ^ "It's Captain Galvin for Kerry as Feale land title", Irish Examiner (12 November 2007)