Paddy Kennedy (Kerry Gaelic footballer)

Paddy Kennedy
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Medfeild
Born	??/??/1917 Annascaul, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kerins O'Rahillys Garda Geraldines
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1936-1947	Kerry	44 (4-22)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	10
All Irelands	5

Paddy Kennedy was a Gaelic footballer from Kerry, active in the 1930s and 1940s. Kennedy is regarded as one of the greatest Med Fielders of all time. He was a member of the Garda Síochána for a time, but later became a sales representative for a mineral water company and managed the Crystal Ballroom in Dublin. The Annascaul GAA club's home ground, opened in 1984, is named after Kennedy,

1 Inter-county career
2 Club career
3 Honours
- 3.1 Inter-county
- 3.2 Club
4 Teamplate

Inter-county career

Kennedy was Kerry captain in 1946 when Kerry defeated Roscommon in the final. He also played in the Polo Grounds final in New York in 1947 when Kerry lost to Cavan.He also played Full Back in the 1942 All Ireland final when Galway played Dublin. During his playing days he won 5 Senior All Irelands, 1 Minor All Ireland, 1 Munster Minor 10 Munster Senior Championship and 2 Railway Cups.

Club career

Kennedy won a Kerry County Championship with Kerins O'Rahillys in 1939 and 4 Dublin County Championships: three with Geraldines and one with the Garda club he joined in the late 1930s.

Honours

Inter-county

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 5: 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Winning Captain 1946
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1: 1933
Munster Senior Football Championship 10: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947
Munster Minor Football Championship 1: 1933
Railway Cup 2: 1941, 1946

Club

Kerry Senior Championship 1: 1939
Dublin Senior Football Championship 4: 1935 (Garda) 1940,1941,1942 (Geraldines)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gus Cremins	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1946	Succeeded by Dinny Lyne
Achievements
Preceded by Tadhgo Crowley (Cork)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1946	Succeeded by J. J. O'Reilly (Cavan)

Teamplate

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1937 (12th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe \| 2 B. Kinnerk \| 3 J. Keohane \| 4 B. Myers \| 5 T. O'Donnell \| 6 B. Dillon \| 7 T. Healy \| 8 J. Walsh \| 9 S. Brosnan \| 10 J. Flavin \| 11 C. O'Sullivan \| 12 T. Landers \| 13 J.J. Landers \| 14 M. Doyle (c) \| 15 T. O'Leary \| Subs used: T. O'Connor for T. O'Donnell \| Played in drawn game: G. Fitzgerald \| P. Kennedy \| S. McCarthy \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1939 (13th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe \| 2 B. Myers \| 3 J. Keohane \| 4 T. Healy \| 5 B. Dillon \| 6 B. Casey \| 7 E. Walsh \| 8 P. Kennedy \| 9 J. O'Gorman \| 10 M. Kelly \| 11 T. O'Connor (c) \| 12 J. Walsh \| 13 C. O'Sullivan \| 14 D. Spring \| 15 T. Landers \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1940 (14th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe \| 2 B. Myers \| 3 J. Keohane \| 4 T. Healy \| 5 B. Dillon \| 6 B. Casey \| 7 E. Walsh \| 8 S. Brosnan \| 9 J. Walsh \| 10 J. O'Gorman \| 11 T. O'Connor \| 12 P. Kennedy \| 13 M. Kelly \| 14 D. Spring (c) \| 15 C. O'Sullivan \| Sub used: P.B. Brosnan \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1941 (15th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe \| 2 B. Myers \| 3 J. Keohane \| 4 T. Healy \| 5 B. Dillon (c) \| 6 B. Casey \| 7 E. Walsh \| 8 S. Brosnan \| 9 P. Kennedy \| 10 J. Walsh \| 11 T. O'Connor \| 12 P.B. Brosnan \| 13 J. O'Gorman \| 14 M. Kelly \| 15 C. O'Sullivan \| Subs used: T. Landers for B. Myers \| M. Lyne for J. Walsh \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1946 (16th title)

Persondata
Name	Kennedy, Paddy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1917
Place of birth	Annascaul
Date of death	1979
Place of death