Kieran McKeever
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Kieran McKeever (born 12 March 1968) is a former dual player of Gaelic games who played Gaelic football and hurling for Derry during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He is chiefly known as a footballer and was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also won Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1993 and 1998. With Derry footballers he usually played at corner-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders[1] and tightest markers to have played the game.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Ciarán Mac Íomhair | ||
Sport | Dual player | ||
Football Position: | Right Corner Back | ||
Hurling Position: | Half forward | ||
Born |
(1968-03-12) 12 March 1968 (age 56) County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Occupation | Joiner | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Dungiven Kevin Lynch's | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Derry titles | 3 | 5/6/7/8? | |
Ulster titles | 1 | - | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1988–2001 | Derry | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Ulster Titles | 2 | 2 | |
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | - | |
League titles | 4 | - | |
All-Stars | 1 | - |
In 2000 McKeever became the first Ulster player to be nominated for All Stars in both football and hurling in the same season.[3] He won the football All Star,[4] but narrowly missed out on the hurling accolade.[5] Had he have won the double All Star, he would have become only the second player ever after Cork legend Ray Cummins to win both awards in the same year.[3]
He has won Irish News Ulster All-Star awards and was named right-corner back on the Irish News Team of the Decade in 2004.[6] The public voted him onto the All-Time Derry Football Team via an online poll in 2007.[7] McKeever played club football with St. Canice's GAC Dungiven and club hurling with Kevin Lynchs.