Conal Keaney
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | Ballyboden St Endas | ||
| Football Position | Right Half Forward | ||
| Hurling Position | - | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Ballyboden (F) Ballyboden (H) |
?-Present ?-Present |
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| Inter County | |||
| County | Dublin | ||
| Football Position | Right Half Forward | ||
| Hurling Position | - | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Dublin (F) Dublin (H) |
2004 - Present ?-2004 |
14 (2-41) | |
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Leinster titles | 2 | - | |
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* club appearances and scores |
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- For more details of the GAA in Dublin, see Dublin GAA, Dublin GAA Honours and Dublin Senior Club Football Championship.
Conal Keaney is an Irish Gaelic Footballer who plays for Dublin and Ballyboden St. Enda's.
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[edit] Football career
He was part of the Dublin side that won the U-21 all-Ireland Football Championship in 2003. He made his senior debut for Dublin Football during the 2005 NFL campaign. Keaney was announced in the International Rules team to play in Australia but had to opt out due to an ankle injury. In first full term as a Dublin football player in 2005, he was part of the Dublin team that won the Leinster Senior football Championship against Laois.
[edit] 2006
Despite a late return to county football in the 2006 national football league he finished the league as the second highest scorer with a score of 2-12 (0-6f). In his opening game in the Championship for Dublin in the Leinster Senior football Championship quarter final, he is regarded as single handedly winning the game for Dublin. In what proved to be a poor Dublin performance, Keaney scored a 0-8 (0-6f) against Longford in a game that sent Dublin into the Leinster Senior Football Semi-Final against Laois in Croke Park. His form continued against Laois as Keaney added another 0-06 (2f), as Dublin strolled into the Leinster final. Conal Keaney (for football) and Cork hurling star John Gardiner were named as the Vodafone Players of the Month for June 2006. Keaney won a Leinster senior football medal with Dublin in their victory in the final in 2006. At club level, Keaney made it to the fourth round of the Dublin Club Football Championship with Ballyboden St Endas, losing to southside rivals Kilmacud Crokes. In October 2006 Conal was called up to represent Leinster in the Railway Cup. Keaney scored 1-03 against Ulster in the Railway Cup semi-final, sending Leinster to the final for a second year in a row. He has been nominated for an all-star for his 2006 performances in the half forward line. Keaney was on the winning team for Leinster in the Martin Donnelly Cup final against Connacht scoring a total of (0-4, 3 frees).[1]
[edit] Hurling
Keaney is also renowned as a great hurling player and was a dual-county player for Dublin, he decided to concentrate on Gaelic Football in 2005, and opted out of the Dublin Hurling squad in 2005. This dealt a double blow to the Dublin Hurling squad as David O'Callaghan made a similar decision. [2] Keaney amazingly received nomination for an All-star in 2003 despite Dublins lack of progress in the Championship. Also in 2003, Keaney was part of the Dublin side that shocked Leinster hurling by beating Kilkenny in the 2003 Walsh Cup, Keaney scored a point in the game. Keaney played for Ballyboden St Endas in the 2006 Dublin Senior Club Football Championship, losing to Craobh Chiaráin in the final.
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| Dublin Senior Football Team | ||
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1 S. Cluxton | 2 D. Henry | 3 B. Cahill | 4 P. Griffin | 5 P. Casey | 6 B. Cullen | 7 C. Goggins | 8 C. Whelan | 9 S. Ryan | 10 K. Bonner | 11 J. Sherlock | 12 R. Cosgrove | 13 A. Brogan | 14 C. Keaney | 15 T. Quinn | Subs: D. Magee for Cahill (ht), S. Connell for Cosgrove (50), D. Lally for Ryan (61), M. Vaughan for Quinn (65), C. Moran for Bonner (67). |
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