Kieran McGeeney

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name =Kieran McGeeney
nickname =Geezer
irish =
placeofbirth=Mullaghbawn, County Armagh
bday= 18
bmonth=10
byear=1971
feet=6
inches=0
sport=Gaelic football
code=Football
county=Armagh
province=Ulster
clposition= Back
club=Mullaghbawn,
Na Fianna
clyears=? -Present
clapps(points)=
clcounty=
clprovince=
clubs=Na Fianna
counties= Armagh
icposition= Centre back
icyears= ?- Present
icapps(points)=
icprovince=6
icallireland=1
allstars=3
icupdate=(00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC))
clupdate=(00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC))
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Kieran McGeeney ( _ga. Ciarán Mac Géibheannaigh ) is the current manager of the Kildare senior football team and Irish Gaelic footballer who played midfield and half back for the Armagh Senior football team and holds legendary status within GAA as one of the best half backs of the modern game. McGeeney is the secretary for the Gaelic Players Association, an association that was co-founded by his Na Fianna team-mate Dessie Farrell. McGeeney was educated at Abbey C.B.S. in Armagh and Queens University Belfast, where he studied Civil Engineering and graduated in 1993.

porting career

Kieran McGeeney (retired) captained Armagh to their first and only All-Ireland victory in 2002. He has won three All-Stars (1999, 2000 and 2002) and six Ulster championship medals (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006). He also received the 2002 Texaco Footballer of the Year award. McGeeney plays his club football for Na Fianna on the northside of Dublin and has represented Ireland on a number of occasions in the annual International Rules series against Australia. McGeeney was Irish captain for the 2006 International Rules Irish team who faced Australia in the first test at Pearse Stadium and in the second test in Croke Park and has currently made twelve appearances for his country making his debut back in 1998. McGeeney retired from inter-county football in 2007 but returned to Gaelic football as the manager of Kildare.

Club career

McGeeney was a member of Mullaghbawn's 1995 Armagh Senior Football Championship and Ulster Senior Football Championship winning side. ["Tributes flood in for inspirational Geezer", Paul McConville, "The Irish News", September 15 2007, p. 64] He later moved clubs to Na Fianna in Dublin. With them he won the 1999 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship as well as three Dublin Senior Football Championships.

References

Persondata
NAME=McGeeney, Kieran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Geezer
SHORT DESCRIPTION=gaelic footballer with Armagh, Na Fianna and Ireland
DATE OF BIRTH=1973
PLACE OF BIRTH= Mullaghbawn, South Armagh
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=