Paul Kelly (hurler)

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**Paul Kelly**
Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Irish Name	Pól Ó Ceallaigh
Full name	Paul Kelly
Date of Birth	14 December 1979
Place of birth	Mullinahone, County Tipperary
Height	5'11"
Club information
Club	Mullinahone
Position	Midfield
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)

Inter County
County	Tipperary
Position	Midfield
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Tipperary	1998-	33 (1-40)
Inter County Titles
Munster Titles	1
All-Ireland	1
All-Stars	2
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of March 2006.

Paul Kelly (born 14 December 1979) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Mullinahone and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. He usually plays in the midfield position.

1 Early life
2 Playing career
- 2.1 Club
- 2.2 Inter-county
3 Teams
4 See also

[edit] Early life

Paul Kelly was born in Mullinahone on the Tipperary-Kilkenny border in 1979. He was educated locally and attended Scoil Riain Killenaule Vocational School which has produced many Tipperary Hurlers.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

Kelly plays his club hurling with his native Mullinahone with whom he has won one County Senior Hurling medal in 2002.

[edit] Inter-county

Kelly was quickly selected for inter-county duty with Tipperary. He joined the Tipp minors at a relatively young age and went on to win an All-Ireland minor medal in 1996 and a Munster minor medal in 1997. He won a Munster Under-21 medal in 1999. Having joined the Tipperary senior hurling panel in 1998 he was a key member of the panel when the team won the National League, the Munster Championship and the All-Ireland Championship in 2001. Kelly also won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 2001. Although not having much success with Tipperary in 2002 he received his first All-Star award. Although losing out to Cork in the Munster Final in 2005, Kelly scored 7 points from his midfield positiona nd was named RTÉ's 'man of the match.' He claimed a further All-Star award in 2005, together with his brother Eoin.

Kelly has also won 2 Under-21 caps for Ireland in the Shinty Internationals against Scotland.

[edit] Teams

	Tipperary - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 2001 (25th title)
1 B. Cummins \| 2 T. Costello \| 3 P. Maher \| 4 P. Ormonde \| 5 É. Corcoran \| 6 D. Kennedy \| 7 P. Kelly \| 8 E. Enright \| 9 T. Dunne \| 10 M. O'Leary \| 11 J. Carroll \| 12 E. Kelly \| 13 E. O'Neill \| 14 D. Ryan \| 15 L. Corbett \| Manager: N. English \|

	Tipperary Senior Hurling Team 2006
1 B. Cummins \| 2 D. Fanning \| 3 P. Curran \| 4 P. Ormonde \| 5 É. Corcoran \| 6 C. O'Mahoney \| 7 H. Maloney \| 8 P. Kelly \| 9 S. McGrath \| 10 J. Carroll \| 11 F. Devaney \| 12 J. O'Brien \| 13 L. Corbett \| 14 D. FitzGerald \| 15 E. Kelly \| 16 É. Buckley \| 17 S. Butler \| 18 B. Dunne \| 19 K. Dunne \| 20 D. Egan \| 21 P. Maher \| 22 J.B. McCarthy \| 23 C. Morrissey \| 24 W. Ryan \| 25 J. Woodlock \| 26 M. Webster \| 27 R. O'Dwyer \| 28 P. Bourke \| 29 T. Stapleton \| 30 A. Burns \| 31 C. O'Brien \| 32 D. O'Hanlon \| 33 S. Maher \| 34 T. Scroope \| 35 G. 'Redser' O'Grady \| Manager: M. 'Babs' Keating