- Aidan O'Mahony
Infobox GAA player |
name =Aidan O'Mahony
irish =
placeofbirth=County Kerry
countryofbirth=Ireland
dob=
sport=Gaelic football
code=Football
county=Kerry
province=Munster
clposition=Full Back
club=Rathmore
clyears=? -Present
clapps(points)=
clcounty=
clprovince=
clubs=Rathmore
counties=Kerry
icposition=Wing-back/Centre-back
icyears= 2004- Present
icapps(points)=21 (0-5)
icprovince=
icallireland=3
allstars=2
icupdate=(00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC))
clupdate=(00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC))
|Aidan O'Mahony is an Irish
Gaelic football er who plays for the Kerry senior football team. He has been described as one of the finest defenders of his generation. [http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/standards-dive-as-omahony-heaps-pressure-on-kingdom-1463101.html] O'Mahony is aGarda Síochána .O'Mahony made his debut for the Kerry senior football team in 2004. He was on the starting team on the 2004 All-Ireland winning team against Mayo. He repeated the performance with in the 2006 All-Ireland final which was also against Mayo. Kerry dominated the game, and Mayo were defeated easily by a scoreline of 4-15 to 3-05, and O'Mahony picked up the RTÉ Man of the Match Award for his marking of Ciaran MacDonald and scoring of 2 points. He won further All-Ireland medals in 2006 and 2007, gaining an All-Star in each of those years. [ [http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/o-se-brothers-create-stunning-p.html-of-gaa-history-with-their-all-star-success-1200169.html O Se brothers create stunning piece of GAA history with their All Star success - Gaelic Football, Sport - Independent.ie ] ] . O'Mahony has two National Football league medals for Kerry from
2004 and2005 . He has also won the Munster club championship with his club Rathmore.In 2008, O'Mahony again played an important part as Kerry reached the All-Ireland final, defeating Cork in the semi-final. Many Cork fans were angered by O'Mahony's role in the sending off of Cork forward
Donnacha O'Connor . [http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/wholestory.aspx-qqqg=sections-qqqm=gaa-qqqa=general-qqqtt=af2-qqqc=5.4.9.0-qqqn=1-qqqx=1.asp] His collapse to the ground after O'Connor slapped him was described as a deliberate dive. [http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/wholestory.aspx-qqqg=sections-qqqm=gaa-qqqa=general-qqqtt=af2-qqqc=5.4.9.0-qqqn=1-qqqx=1.asp]References
External links
* [http://www.eastkerrygaa.com/current-profile.htm Profile of Aidan O'Mahony]
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