Kieran Bergin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ciarán Ó Beirgín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left Half Back | ||
| Born |
25 January 1986 Clonmel, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2003- | Killenaule | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2013- | Tipperary | 9 (0-5) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
Kieran Bergin (born 25 January 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Killenaule and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2013. Bergin is a nephew of Jack Bergin, who was a Tipperary selector when they won the All-Ireland title in 2001, he is also a first cousin of former Galway Footballer Joe Bergin. Bergin has also played with the Tipperary senior football team and was part of the panel for the 2013 McGrath Cup. Bergin went to the USA to live in 2005 and spent five years living in New York and two years in San Francisco before returning to Ireland in 2012.
Career
Bergin previously played minor hurling with Tipperary in 2003 and 2004 and won a Munster Minor Hurling Championship medal in 2003 from the midfield position.[1] He played hurling with Tipperary New York and the Naomh Padraig club in San Francisco before returning to Ireland in 2012.[2] He played for Dublin IT in the 2013 Fitzgibbon Cup where they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Mary Immaculate College.[3]
He joined the Tipperary hurling panel in April 2013 and made his senior debut on 5 May 2013, starting at right half back in the 0–20 to 2–17 2013 National Hurling League final defeat to Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.[4][5][6][7]
On 9 June 2013, he made his championship debut aged 27, starting at right half back against Limerick in a 1–18 to 1–15 defeat.[8][9]
Modelling Career
After beginning his career in 2003, Bergin progressed into working with a number of fashion companies, most notably Wilhelmina Models, from which he started his model life. In 2004, Bergin made his debut as a runway model for the fall Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent collections in Milan and Paris.[citation needed] In early 2005, he signed a contract with Dolce & Gabbana.
Honours
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1): 2015
- Munster Minor Hurling Championship:
- Winner (1): 2003
- Runner-up (1): 2004
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship:
- Runner-up (1): 2005
References
- ↑ "A Long way to Tipperarys 35th title". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "6 things to know about Tipperary’s 27 year-old championship debutant Kieran Bergin". The Score. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "Wooden it be nice to keep on rising". Daily Mirror. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "As it happened: Kilkenny v Tipperary – Allianz Division 1 hurling league final". The Score. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Tipperary make five changes for Kilkenny showdown". RTE Sport. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Tipperary battle bravely, but lose to Kilkenny at a heaving Nowlan Park". Tipperary Star. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Kieran Bergin: I was a messer in America but I transformed my life when I returned home". Irish Independent. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Limerick 1–18 Tipperary 1–15". RTE Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "‘Get up you fat pig, you better go for a run’ – how Kieran Bergin kick-started his hurling career in 2013". The Score. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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