Kieran Fitzgerald (Gaelic footballer)
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.jpg) Kieran Fitzgerald in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ciarán Mac Gearailt | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born |
(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 (age 44) Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Occupation | Garda Síochána | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1998–2020 | Corofin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 14 | ||
| Connacht titles | 7 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2001–2011 | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Kieran Fitzgerald (born 1 January 1981) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Corofin between 1998 and 2020 and for the Galway county team between 2000 and 2011.
Fitzgerald won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal in 2001.[1] That year he also received an All Star He was named Galway captain in 2007, and made his International Rules Series debut in 2006.[2]
Personal life
Fitzgerald dated Mairéad Meehan, a sister of the Galway inter-county footballers Declan, Michael, Noel and Tomás Meehan.[1] They had met after the 2001 National Football League final, but Mairéad Meehan died of osteosarcoma at the age of 25 in late January 2007.[1] He later met his wife Emer (née Flaherty).[1] Fitzgerald was the subject of a Laochra Gael episode, which aired in February 2022.[1]
Honours
Club
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (4): 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship (7): 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Galway Senior Football Championship (14): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
County
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2001
- Connacht Senior Football Championship (4): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2002
- Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (2): 2000, 2002
Individual
- All Star Award (1): 2001
- Club Football Team of the Year (2): 2018, 2020
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Browne, PJ (8 February 2022). "Ex-Galway Footballer Kieran Fitzgerald Struggled For Years After Girlfriend's Death". Balls.ie.
- ↑ "Fitzgerald chosen as Galway football captain". Breakingnews.ie. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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