Keith Higgins
Mayo Gaelic footballer and hurler
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Keith Higgins (Irish: Ceiteach Ó hUiginn) is an Irish sportsman and Gaelic football manager. He has played both Gaelic football and hurling for Ballyhaunis and Mayo GAA, the latter until his retirement in January 2021.
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| Born | 25 February 1975 Castlebar, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Dual player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2006, he was the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year. He also captained both the Mayo under-21 football and hurling teams to All-Ireland Championships. Injury ruled him out of the 2007 championship.[1] Higgins also represented Mayo at senior level in both codes, played for Connacht in hurling's Railway Cup, winning a medal in 2005, while in 2014 he became the first Connacht player to win football and hurling Railway Cups after Connacht won a first title since 1968.[2]
Hurling is his first love.[3] He plays it for Ballyhaunis.[4] In 2005, Higgins won a Christy Ring Cup All Star while playing for the Mayo county team. In 2008, he was nominated for the Christy Ring Cup Player of the Year award.[5] Higgins was voted as the Cadbury's Hero of the Future in 2006.
During Mayo's 2011 NFL campaign, Higgins received praise for his outstanding performances in right half back.[citation needed]
Higgins retired from inter-county football in January 2021.[6] However, he expressed the wish to continue playing hurling for Mayo.[7][8] He was revealed as Mayo hurling team captain in May 2021.[9]
On 10 September 2025, Mayo GAA confirmed Higgins as the new Mayo U20 football manager.[10]
Honours
- Football
- Connacht Senior Football Championship (8): 2006, 2009, 2011–2015, 2020
- National Football League (1): 2019
- Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2006
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2006
- Railway Cup (1): 2014
- Sigerson Cup (1): 2005
- GAA GPA All Stars Awards (4): 2012–2014, 2017
- All Star Young Footballer of the Year (1): 2006
- Hurling
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 2003
- Connacht Junior Hurling Championship (1): 2003
- National Hurling League Division 3 (1): 2005
- Railway Cup (1): 2004
- Nicky Rackard Cup (2): 2016, 2021 (c)
- Christy Ring Cup All Star (1): 2008
- Nicky Rackard Cup Hurler of the Year (1): 2021