Niall Sheehy

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Niall Sheehy
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	Tralee, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
1950's-1970's	John Mitchels
Club Titles
Kerry titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1958-1965	Kerry	26
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	6
All Irelands	2
NFL	1

Niall Sheehy was a Gaelic footballer from Tralee, County Kerry. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club John Mitchels, he also played hurling with Austin Stacks. He was also a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from the 1958 until 1965, where he was nicknamed "Eusébio" for his kicking ability.^[1] He also played hurling with Kerry. His father was the great John Joe Sheehy. His brothers - Seán Óg and Paudie - both won All-Ireland titles with Kerry in the 1960s. Sheehy captained Kerry to the All-Ireland final in 1964, but lost out to Galway.^[2] He also won an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal in 1961, Kerry's first All Ireland Hurling title since 1891, as well as 4 National Hurling League Div 2 titles.

At club level Sheehy was part of the famed John Mitchels team of the late 1950s and 1960s, winning six Kerry Senior Football Championships (five in a row from 1959 to 1963 and again in 1966).

References

↑ "Tyrone and Dooher laid down a big marker last weekend". The Irish Times. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
↑ Flynn, Niall (2009). 36 and Counting...Kerry's Football Story to 2009. Trafford Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4269-2070-7.

v t e Kerry – 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (19th title)

1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 Mick O'Connell (c) 9 Séamus Murphy 10 D. McAuliffe 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy 13 D. Geaney 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne Subs used Jack Dowling for T. Lyons Moss O'Connell for Mick O'Connell G. McMahon for D. Geaney

v t e Kerry – 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 J. D. O'Connor 10 Séamus Murphy 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy (c) 13 G. McMahon 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne Subs used Jack Dowling for John Dowling J. Brosnan for G. McMahon D. McAuliffe for T. Lyne

v t e Kerry – 1961 National Football League Champions (6th title)

1 J. Culloty 2 Jack Dowling 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 K. Coffey 6 T. Long 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 Séamus Murphy 10 D. McAuliffe 11 B. Sheehy 12 P. Sheehy 13 D. Geaney 14 John Dowling 15 T. O'Dowd

v t e Kerry – 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 J. O'Donovan 2 N. Sheehy 3 N. Quill 4 T. Kirby 5 M. Hennessy (c) 6 R. McElligott 7 K. Dermody 8 S. Lovett (c) 9 S. Healy 10 J. Barry 11 T. Hennessy 12 P. Sullivan 13 J. Cullotty 14 W. McCarthy 15 E. Sullivan

v t e Kerry – 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (20th title)

1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 S. Óg Sheehy (c) 6 N. Lucey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 J. Lucey 10 D. McAuliffe 11 T. O'Sullivan 12 J. O'Riordan 13 G. McMahon 14 T. Long 15 P. Sheehy Subs used J. J. Barrett for T. Lyons K. Coffey for D. McAuliffe

v t e Kerry – 1963 National Football League Champions (7th title)

1 S. MacGearailt 2 K. Coffey 3 N. Sheehy 4 Donie O'Sullivan 5 J. J. Barrett 6 S. Murphy 7 J. D. O'Connor 8 J. O'Riordan 9 M. Fleming 10 B. O'Callaghan 11 M. O'Dwyer 12 D. O'Shea 13 P. Aherne 14 T. Burke 15 Denis O'Sullivan

v t e Kerry – 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 J. Culloty 2 M. Morris 3 N. Sheehy (c) 4 P. O'Donoghue 5 D. O'Sullivan 6 S. Murphy 7 J. D. O'Connor 8 M. Fleming 9 D. O'Sullivan 10 P. Griffin 11 M. O'Dwyer 12 M. O'Connell 13 F. O'Leary 14 T. Long 15 J. J. Barrett Subs used J. McCarthy for J. D. O'Connor B. O'Callaghan for F. O'Leary K. Coffey for F. O'Leary

v t e Kerry – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 J. Culloty 2 D. O'Sullivan 3 N. Sheehy 4 M. Morris 5 S. Murphy 6 P. O'Donoghue 7 J. D. O'Connor (c) 8 D. O'Sullivan 9 M. O'Connell 10 V. Lucey 11 P. Griffin 12 D. O'Shea 13 B. O'Callagha 14 M. O'Dwyer 15 J. J. Barrett Subs used D. Geaney for V. Lucey J. O'Shea for J. J. Barrett

Persondata
Name	Sheehy, Niall
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Tralee, County Kerry
Date of death
Place of death

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