William Kirby (Gaelic footballer)

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Irish Gaelic footballer

Sport Gaelic football

Years Club

William Kirby
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	Tralee, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
1993-1995 1995-	Na Gaeil Austin Stacks
Club titles
Kerry titles	1
Munster titles	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	IT Tralee
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1997-2001 2004-2005	Kerry	13 (0-02) 13 (0-10)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	5
All-Irelands	2
NFL	2

William Kirby is a Gaelic footballer who played with the Austin Stacks club and previously with Na Gaeil club in Tralee, County Kerry.^[1] He also played with the Kerry senior team winning All Irelands in 1997 & 2004. He also won Under 21 medals in 1995 & 1996. He also won 2 Sigerson Cup medals with Tralee IT in 1997 & 1998. Winning the Barrett Cup with Austin Stacks C team in 2019 is one of his finest achievements.

Kirby first played with the Na Gaeil club in Tralee.^[2] He won a Kerry Novice Football Championship with the club in 1994. He also lined out with the St. Brendan's Divisional team in the Kerry Senior Football Championship.

He joined Austin Stacks in 1995 and has had a long career with them. Success was slow coming for Kirby. He lined out in the 2001 Kerry Senior Football Championship loss to An Ghaeltacht. His first success was a Kerry Club Football Championship title in 2003.

Honours

Barrett Cup: (1) 2019
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: (2) 1997, 2004
National Football League: (2) 1997, 2004
Munster Senior Football Championship: (5) 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005
All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship: (2) 1995, 1996
Munster Under 21 Football Championship: (2) 1995, 1996
Sigerson Cup: (2) 1997,1998
Munster Senior Club Football Championship: (1) 2014
Kerry Senior Football Championship: (1) 2014
Kerry Senior Club Football Championship: (2) 2003, 2016
Kerry Senior Co. League Division 1: (2) 2011, 2014
Kerry Senior Co. League Division 2: (1) 2010

References

↑ Breheny, Martin (2000) "Devil in detail of GAA's odd transfer system", Irish Independent, 22 November 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2013
↑ Breheny, Martin (2000) "Devil in detail of GAA's odd transfer system", Irish Independent, 22 November 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2013

v t e Kerry – 1995 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (7th title)
1 D. Murphy (c) 2 N. Mangan 3 B. McCarthy 4 B. O'Shea 5 K. Burns 6 M. Hassett 7 C. McCarthy 8 D. Ó Sé 9 D. Daly 10 D. O'Dwyer 11 J. Crowley 12 M. Moynihan 13 J. Ferriter 14 L. Hassett 15 D. Ó Cinnéide Subs used K. O'Driscoll C. Drummond J. Brennan W. Kirby Manager P. Ó Sé Coach S. Mac Gearailt Selectors J. O'Connor B. O'Callaghan T. O'Connor

v t e Kerry – 1996 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (8th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 K. O'Driscoll 3 B. McCarthy 4 M. O'Shea 5 K. Burns 6 C. Drummond 7 É. Fitzmaurice 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 D. O'Dwyer 11 L. Hassett (c) 12 D. Ó Cinnéide 13 J O'Shea 14 B. Clarke 15 M. F. Russell Subs used J. Brennan Ruairi O'Rahilly J. Ferriter Manager J. O'Connor

v t e Kerry – 1996–97 National Football League Champions (16th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 K. Burns 3 Barry O'Shea 4 M. Hassett 5 S. Moynihan 6 L. O'Flaherty 7 E. Breen 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 P. Laide 11 L. Hassett 12 D. O'Dwyer 13 D. Ó Cinnéide 14 B. Clarke 15 M. Fitzgerald Subs M. F. Russell Manager P. Ó Sé Selectors J. O'Connor

Kerry – 1997 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (31st title)

1 D. O'Keeffe
2 K. Burns
3 Barry O'Shea
4 S. Stack
5 S. Moynihan
6 L. O'Flaherty
7 E. Breen
8 D. Ó Sé
9 W. Kirby
10 P. Laide
11 L. Hassett (c)
12 D. O'Dwyer
13 Billy O'Shea
14 D. Ó Cinnéide
15 M. Fitzgerald

Sub used: 22 J. Crowley for Billy O'Shea; 19 M. F. Russell for D. Ó Cinnéide; 20 D. Daly for W. Kirby

Sub not used: 16 P. O'Leary; 17 M. Hassett; 18 B. Clarke; 21 S. Burke; 23 M. O'Shea; 24 T. Ó Sé

Manager: P. Ó Sé

Selectors: J. O'Connor; B. O'Callaghan; S. Mac Gearailt; T. O'Connor

v t e Kerry – 2004 National Football League Champions (17th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. O'Mahony 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 S. Moynihan 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 J. Crowley 15 M. F. Russell Subs used D. Ó Cinnéide for Crowley M. Ó Sé for Galvin Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2004 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (33rd title)

1 D. Murphy
2 A. O'Mahony
3 M. McCarthy
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 M. Ó Sé
6 É. Fitzmaurice
7 T. Ó Sé
8 W. Kirby
9 E. Brosnan
10 L. Hassett
11 D. O'Sullivan
12 Paul Galvin
13 C. Cooper
14 D. Ó Cinnéide (c)
15 J. Crowley

Subs used: 19 S. Moynihan for L. Hassett; 17 M. F. Russell for J. Crowley; 21 R. O'Connor for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 P. Kelly for P. Galvin; 25 B. Guiney for T. Ó Sé

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 M. Quirke; 22 J. Sheehan; 23 D. Quill; 24 T. Griffin; 26 S. O'Sullivan; 27 N. Kennelly; 28 J. Cronin; 29 B. Sheehan; 30 R. Ó Flatharta

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

1 D. Murphy
2 M. McCarthy
3 A. O'Mahony
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 T. Ó Sé
6 M. Ó Sé
7 S. Moynihan
8 D. Ó Sé
9 W. Kirby
10 L. Hassett
11 Declan O'Sullivan (c)
12 P. Galvin
13 C. Cooper
14 E. Brosnan
15 D. Ó Cinnéide

Subs used: 17 M. F. Russell for L. Hassett; 21 Darran O'Sullivan for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 É. Fitzmaurice for S. Moynihan; 19 B. Sheehan for P. Galvin

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 B. Guiney; 22 D. Quill; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Kelly; 25 K. Donaghy; 26 M. Lyons; 27 M. Quirke; 28 P. Reidy; 29 T. Griffin

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

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