Éamonn Kelly

Éamonn Kelly
Personal information
Irish name	Éamonn Kelly
Sport	Hurling
Born	1968 Puckane, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation	Agency Development Manager
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kildangan
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Tipperary titles	0	0

Éamonn Kelly (born 1968) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Tipperary junior hurling team.^[1]

Born in Puckane, County Tipperary, Kelly first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 hurling team. He joined the junior team for the 1987 championship. Kelly went on to play a key role for Tipperary over the next few years, and won one two All-Ireland medals in the junior grade.

At club level Kelly played both hurling and Gaelic football with Kildangan.

In retirement from playing, Kelly became involved in team management and coaching. He was an All-Ireland-winning manager with the Kildangan intermediate hurling team in 2005, as well as serving as a manager and as a selector with the Tipperary under-21 and intermediate hurling teams.

Kelly was appointed manager of the Kerry senior hurling team in January 2014.^[2] He led the county to a National Hurling League Div 2A title with a win over Carlow. His side then lost a controversial play-off to Offaly, missing out on a pace in Div 1B. His side regrouped to make it to the final of the Christy Ring Cup for the fourth time in five seasons. They faced Kildare but for the second year in a row lost out by a 2 points.

In July 2015, Kelly stepped down from the position as Kerry manager.^[3] In September 2015, Kelly was named as the new manager of the Offaly hurling team.^[4]^[5]

Honours

Team

Tipperary

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (2): 1989, 1991
Munster Junior Hurling Championship (3): 1988, 1989, 1991

Manager

Kildangan

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2005
Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2004
Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2004

Kerry

National League (Division 2A) (2): 2014, 2015
Christy Ring Cup (1): 2015

References

↑ "Hurler profile: Éamonn Kelly". Tipp GAA archives website. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
↑ "Tipp duo to take Kerry hurling reins". Hogan Stand website. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
↑ "Tipperary native steps down as Kerry hurling manager". The 42. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
↑ "Eamonn Kelly to become new Offaly hurling manager". Irish Independent. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
↑ "Eamonn Kelly confirmed as Offaly hurling manager". RTE Sport. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Liam Sheedy	Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Manager 2003-2004	Succeeded by Len Gaynor
Preceded by Tom Howard	Kerry Senior Hurling Manager 2014-2015	Succeeded by Ciaran Carey
Preceded by Brian Whelahan	Offaly Senior Hurling Manager 2015-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Tipperary - 1989 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Champions (8th title)

1 J. Grace
2 M. Stapleton
3 M. Ryan
4 D. Quinlan
5 G. O'Brien
6 R. Quirke
7 L. Sheedy
8 É. Kelly
9 K. Laffan (c)
10 D. Ryan
11 P. Everard
12 D. Flannery
13 M. McCormack
14 J. Sheedy
15 S. Nealon

Sub used: C. Egan for S. Nealon

Sub not used: J. O'Meara; J. Flannery; J. Quinlan; T. Crowe; S. Fox; J. Murphy; É. Lanigan; P. Kelly; G. Carey

Coach: W. Sweeney
Selectors: J. O'Brien; T. Murphy; V. Ryan; J. Cooke

Tipperary - 1991 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Champions (9th title)

1 J. Leamy 2 M. Ryan 3 M. Stapleton 4 D. Quinlan 5 P. Maguire 6 G. O'Brien (c) 7 S. McManus 8 O. Cummins 9 C. Byron 10 P. O'Keeffe 11 L. Sheedy 12 É. Maher 13 J. Harrington 14 É. Kelly 15 S. Nealon Sub used M. Ryan for M. Ryan

Kerry – 2014 Christy Ring Cup runners-up

1 T. Flynn
2 B. Murphy
3 T. Murnane
4 D. Fitzell
5 S. Weir
6 D. Dineen
7 T. Casey
8 D. O'Connell
9 C. Harty
10 M. Boyle
11 D. Collins
12 J. Egan (c)
13 D. Butler
14 P. Boyle
15 S. Nolan

Subs used: 17 J. Griffin for D. Fitzell; 18 B. O'Leary for M. Boyle; 20 J. Leahy for T. Casey; 19 J. Casey for D. Butler

Subs not used: 16 N. Leen; 21 K. Carmody; 22 P. Lucid; 23 P. O'Connor; 24 A. Fealy; 25 L. Boyle; 26 P. McGrath

Manager: É. Kelly
Coach: B. Horgan
Selectors: D. J. Leahy; T. O'Connell

Kerry – 2015 Christy Ring Cup champions (2nd title)

1 S. Murphy
2 R. Horgan
3 P. Costelloe
4 B. Murphy
5 D. Collins
6 D. Dinneen
7 K. Carmody
8 J. Griffin (c)
9 P. Kelly
10 M. O'Leary
11 J. Egan
12 C. Harty
13 M. Boyle
14 S. Nolan
15 P. Boyle

Subs used: 21 J. O'Neill for P. Boyle; 17 D. Butler for M. O'Leary; 25 S. Weir for M. Boyle; 20 J. Flaherty for C. Harty; 19 D. Fitzell for D. Dineen

Subs not used: 16 P. Lucid; 18 T. Casey; 22 B. O'Leary; 23 A. Royle; 24 D. Shanahan; 26 G. O'Grady

Manager: É. Kelly
Coach: C. Gleeson
Selectors: D. J. Leahy; T. O'Connell

Tipperary intermediate hurling team - managers

B. Bonnar (1997–2001) L. Sheedy (2002) É. Kelly (2003–2004) L. Gaynor (2005–2006) C. Maher (2007) P. Shanahan (2008) C. Maher (2009) M. Ryan (2011–2013)

Kerry senior hurling team – managers

M. Leahy (1980–83)
M. Leahy (1985–87)
C. Roche (1987–88)
M. Leahy (1989–90)
J. Meyler (1992–97)
P. J. O'Grady (1997–2000)
M. O'Halloran (2000–01)
M. Leahy (2000–01)
B. O'Connor (2001–02)
M. Leahy (2002–04)
J. Molyneaux (2004–06)
M. Leahy (2006–07)
P. Heffernan (2007–08)
M. Carroll (2009)
J. Meyler (2009–12)
T. Howard (2012–13)
É. Kelly (2014–15)
C. Carey (2015)

Offaly senior hurling team – managers

D. Healy (1979–86)
G. Leahy (1986–87)
P. J. Whelahan (1987–89)
P. Mulhare (1989–90)
P. Horan (1990–92)
É. Cregan (1992–96)
J. McIntyre (1996–97)
M. Keating (1997–98)
M. Bond (1998–99)
P. Fleury (1999–2000)
M. Bond (2000–01)
T. Fogarty (2001–02)
M. McNamara (2002–04)
J. McIntyre (2004–07)
J. Dooley (2007–11)
O. Baker (2011–13)
B. Whelahan (2013–15)
É. Kelly (2015–)

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