Anthony Maher (footballer)

Anthony Maher
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	1987 County Kerry, Ireland
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Duagh
Club Titles
Kerry titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2008-present	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	1
NFL	1

Anthony Maher; 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.

1 Club football career
2 Inter-county football career
3 Honours
4 References
5 External links

Club football career

In 2006, Maher won the Kerry Junior Football Championship with Duagh.^[1] The team went on to emerge from Munster with Maher 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]

Maher 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 with Maher setting up a vital goal.^[4]

Despite Maher’s performance at midfield, Feale Rangers were knocked out of the Kerry Senior Football Championship at the quarter-final stage in 2008.^[5]

Inter-county football career

Maher played at underage level with Kerry.^[1] In 2004 in came on as a sub in the All Ireland Minor Football Final which Kerry lost to Tyrone. In 2008 he was selected in the Kerry senior panel and played in the National Football League, impressing at midfield. He started in 3 of Kerry's 7 league games and came on as a sub in further 2 games and scored 2 points in the 2008 League.^[6] ^[7] However, he did not appear in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship that season, and instead lined out in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.^[8] Maher captained Kerry to victory in the 2008 Munster Junior Football Championship with Kerry. He was also a member of the squad which reached the All-Ireland senior final.^[9] In 2009 Maher won the senior championship with Kerry.

Honours

1 All Ireland Championship
1 National League Title
1 County Senior Championship
1 Munster Junior Club Championship
1 County Junior Club Championship
1 Munster Minor Championship
1 Munster Senior Championship
1 Munster Junior Championship

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GAA: Maher lights the way for dynamic Duagh", 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)
^ Jim O’Sullivan (13 October 2008). "Sheehan to rescue for South Kerry", Irish Examiner.
^ http://www.kerrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=27&Itemid= Kerry stats 2008
^ Colm Keys (14 June 2008) "Panel power key for Cats and Kerry", Irish Independent.
^ Munster JFC (16 June 2008). "Kingdom hold on despite late rally by Bannermen", Irish Independent.
^ "Kerry team for All Ireland Final V Tyrone". Kerry GAA (18 September 2008).

External links

Kerry - National Football League Champions 2009 (19th title)

1 D. Murphy \| 2 P. Reidy \| 3 T. O'Sullivan \| 4 K. Young \| 5 T. Ó Sé \| 6 A. O'Mahony \| 7 T. Griffin \| 8 A. Maher \| 9 M. Quirke \| 10 D. Walsh \| 11 Declan O'Sullivan \| 12 Darran O'Sullivan (c) \| 13 C. Cooper \| 14 K. Donaghy \| 15 T. Walsh \| Subs used: D Ó Sé \| T. Kennelly \| B. Sheehan \| D. Bohane \| S. O'Sullivan \| Aidan O'Shea \| Manager: J. O'Connor

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 2011

Kerry Senior Football Team

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Name	Maher, Anthony
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Date of birth	1987
Place of birth	County Kerry
Date of death
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