Killian Young
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Cillian de Shiún | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Left Half Back | ||
Born | Tralee, Ireland | 4 January 1987||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Occupation | Bank Official | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2007- | Renard | ||
Club titles | |||
Kerry titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2006- | Kerry | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NFL | 2 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Renard, County Kerry) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard, divisional side South Kerry and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2006.
Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O'Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.[1] He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals Cork in the final. In 2010, he was captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC in the final.
References
- ↑ Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at . Accessed 24 May 2008.
External links
- http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=SPORT&jp=mhmhauojgbid&d=2007-10-03
- http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0826/kerry.html
- http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/u21s-wouldnt-have-filled-in-1294736.html
- http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0216/kerry_tyrone.html
- http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=sport-qqqm=GAA-qqqa=sport-qqqid=55500-qqqx=1.asp
- http://www.roscommonherald.ie/news/story/?trs=gbqlqlmh
- http://www.anfearrua.com/story.asp?id=2639
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by Andrew O'Sullivan (Cork) |
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Final winning captain 2008 |
Succeeded by Colm O'Neill (Cork |
Awards | ||
Preceded by Fintan Goold (Cork) |
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Succeeded by Colm O'Neill (Cork) title=Cadbury's Hero of the Future |
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