Anthony Maher (footballer)

Anthony Maher
Personal information
Irish name	Antaine Meagher
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Midfield
Born	(1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 Tralee, Ireland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Occupation	Technical Supervisor
Club(s)
Years	Club
2003-	Duagh GAA
Club titles
Kerry titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2006-	Kerry	25 (1-9)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All-Irelands	1
NFL	2
All Stars	1

Anthony Maher (born 28 August 1986) is a Gaelic footballer from Duagh, County Kerry. He plays for the Duagh GAA club, Feale Rangers divisional side and Kerry senior football team.

He won the 2006 Kerry Junior Football Championship with Duagh.^[1] The team emerged from Munster, and Maher's role was key as they reached the 2007 All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final.^[1] However, Greencastle GAA defeated them by one point.^[2]^[3] He set up a vital goal to help Feale Rangers win that year's Kerry Senior Football Championship as they beat South Kerry by a point in the final.^[4] Despite Maher's performance at midfield, Feale Rangers were knocked out of the 2008 Kerry Senior Football Championship quarter-final.^[5]

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] He captained Kerry to victory in the 2008 Munster Junior Football Championship and was a member of the squad that reached the All-Ireland senior final.^[9] He won the 2009 Senior Championship with Kerry. In 2014 he had a stellar year as Kerry recaptured the All-Ireland Football Championship after a five year absence. In 2015 Maher won his first all-star.

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
1 All-Star Award

References

1 2 3 "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 senior football team – current panel

1 B. Kealy

8 A. Maher
9 D. Moran

Subs: 22 Darran O'Sullivan for O'Brien; 20 B. Sheehan for Buckley; 17 K. Donaghy for Geaney; 23 P. Galvin for Moran; 19 P. Murphy for O'Mahony; 21 B. J. Keane for O'Donoghue

Subs not used: 16 B. Kelly; 18 M. Ó Sé; 24 T. Walsh; 25 P. Kilkenny; 26 A. Fitzgerald

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy

(Team as of 20 September 2015 versus Dublin)

Kerry Football Squads

Kerry – 2009 National Football League Champions (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 – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 18 P. Galvin for O'Leary; 21 B. J. Keane for Walsh; 17 D. Bohane for Brosnan

Subs not used: 16 T. Mac a' tSaoir; 19 S. Enright; 20 J. O'Donoghue; 22 P. Reidy; 23 P. Crowley; 24 T. Griffin; 25 J. Buckley; 26 B. McGuire; 27 S. Scanlon; 28 N. O'Mahony; 29 D. Geaney; 30 A. O'Connell; 31 D. Casey

Manager: J. O'Connor

Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; D. Murphy

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara
Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

2015 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 B. Kealy 2 S. Enright 3 R. O'Carroll 4 P. McMahon 5 L. Keegan 6 C. O'Sullivan 7 J. McCaffrey^FOTY 8 B. Fenton 9 A. Maher 10 M. Donnelly 11 C. Kilkenny 12 D. Walsh 13 C. McManus 14 A. O'Shea 15 B. Brogan

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