Kieran Quirke

This article is about the Irish Gaelic footballer. For the English writer, see Kieron Quirke.

Kieran Quirke
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Back
Born County Kerry, Ireland
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
 Duagh
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2008-2009
 Kerry
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

Kieran Quirke is a Gaelic footballer from Duagh, County Kerry, in Ireland. He plays for the Duagh GAA club, Feale Rangers divisional side and Kerry senior football team.

Playing career

Club football

In 2006, Quirke won the Kerry Junior Football Championship with Duagh.[1] The team went on to emerge from Munster with Quirke playing a key part as they qualified for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final in 2007.[1] However, Greencastle GAA defeated them by one point in the final.[2][3]

Quirke went on to win that year's Kerry Senior Football Championship with Feale Rangers as they beat South Kerry by a point in the final.[4]

In 2012 he captained Duagh to a first North Kerry Championship title in 50 years.

Inter-county football

Quirke played minor with Kerry and was a sub with the Under 21 team.[citation needed] It was with the county junior team he was first noticed when he won a Munster championship in 2008 and later lost the All Ireland semi final.[citation needed] After a few years away from the team, he was back in 2012 and won a second Munster title and later an All Ireland title.[citation needed]

He was a member for the Kerry senior panel in 2008 and 2009, playing 5 league games in 2009 and winning a medal as a member of the panel that beat Derry in the final. He also won an All Ireland title later on as a member of the panel.[citation needed]

Honours

Intercounty

  • 1 All Ireland Junior Championship
  • 2 Munster Junior Championship

Club

  • 1 County Senior Championship
  • 1 Munster Junior Club Championship
  • 1 County Junior Club Championship
  • 1 North Kerry Senior Championship

References

  1. ^ a b "GAA: Maher lights the way for dynamic Duagh Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine", The Kingdom (22 February 2007).
  2. ^ "Greencastle pip Duagh at the post", Irish Examiner (12 March 2007).
  3. ^ "Greencastle are junior champions", BBC Sport (11 March 2007).
  4. ^ "It's Captain Galvin for Kerry as Feale land title", Irish Examiner (12 November 2007)