Ciarán McKeever

Ciarán McKeever
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre Back
Born	(1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 Armagh, Northern Ireland
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2000 - present	St Patrick's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2003 - present	Armagh
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	5
All-Irelands	1
NFL	2
All Stars	0

Ciaran McKeever (born 25 June 1983) is a Gaelic football player from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He plays for St Patrick's and the Armagh senior inter county football team.^[1]^[2] He won a National Football League medal in 2005 as Armagh defeated Cavan in the final by 0-15 to 0-7.

McKeever played for Ireland in the International Rules Series of 2008 and 2010, and again in 2011 when he was vice captain of the team that defeated Australia by 130 to 65.^[3]^[4] ^[5]^[6]^[7] He was called up for the 2013 International Rules Series ahead of the second Test as a replacement for Finian Hanley who suffered a hamstring tear.^[8] He played at Croke Park and won the Series.^[9]

References

↑ "McKeever ready to lead from the front for Armagh". Belfast Telegraph. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
↑ "Derry 3-14 Armagh 1-11". RTÉ Sport. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
↑ "'People calling this a holiday have no idea how much it means to players'". Irish Independent. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
↑ "Ireland manager Tohill does homework for Rules opener". BBC Sport. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
↑ "Australia 29-50 Ireland - As It Happened". RTÉ Sport. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
↑ "Ireland win second test and Rules series". Irish Examiner. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
↑ "McKeever ready for Australia backlash". Irish Independent. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
↑ "Two changes to Ireland panel ahead of second Test". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
↑ "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.

Armagh Football Squads

Armagh – 2004 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (1st title)
1 G. Wilson 2 G. Smyth 3 F. Moriarty 4 A. Mallon 5 A. Kernan 6 C. McKeever 7 B. McDonald 8 M. Mackin 9 G. Swift 10 G. Loughran 11 S. Kernan 12 P. Toal 13 M. McNamee 14 R. Austin 15 B. Mallon

Armagh – 2005 National Football League Champions (1st title)
1 P. Hearty 2 A. Mallon 3 F. Bellew 4 P. McCormack 5 A. Kernan 6 K. McGeeney 7 C. McKeever 8 J. Toal 9 P. McGrane 10 M. O'Rourke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 B. Mallon Subs used P. McKeever A. McCann J. McNulty P. Loughran A. O'Rourke Manager J. Kernan

Ireland Football Squads

(Team as of 24 October 2008 versus Australia)

Ireland football team – 2011 International Rules Series
1 Cluxton (c) 2 Begley 3 Bolton 4 Cadogan 5 Callaghan 6 Donaghy 7 Glynn 8 F. Hanley 9 P. Hanley 11 Hughes 13 Kelly 14 Kennelly 15 Lacey 16 McDonnell 18 McKeever (vc) 19 McKernan 20 McMahon 21 McGee 22 B. Murphy 23 M. Murphy 27 Reilly 28 Tuohy 31 Walsh Coach Tohill

Ireland football team – 2013 International Rules Series
1 O'Rourke 2 Begley 3 Boyle 4 Byrne 5 Cavanagh 6 Conroy 7 Doyle 8 Flynn 9 Hanley 12 Keegan 13 Kilkenny 14 McBrearty 15 McCaffrey 17 McGee 18 McKaigue 19 McKeever 20 McLoughlin 21 McManus 22 Munnelly 23 Murphy (c) 24 O'Shea 25 Sheehan 26 Shields 27 Tuohy 28 Walsh (vc) Coach Earley

Awards

2008 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars
1 R. Gallagher 2 S. Goan 3 F. Bellew 4 J. McMahon 5 R. McMenamin 6 R. McCluskey 7 C. McKeever 8 M. McGrath 9 E. McGinley 10 B. Dooher 11 S. Cavanagh 12 M. Little 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 T. Freeman

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