Kevin Kelly (Gaelic footballer)

Kevin Kelly (1945 – 17 December 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Carbury and Athlone and was also a member of the Kildare senior football team.

Kevin Kelly

Personal information
Irish name	Caoimhín Ó Ceallaigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	1945 (1945) Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland
Died	17 December 2024 (aged 79) Athlone County Westmeath, Ireland
Height	5 ft 8[1] in (1.73 m)
Occupation	Garda Síochána
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Carbury Athlone
Club titles
Kildare titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	0

Kelly's club career spanned two different clubs and two different counties. He won six Kildare SFC medals with Carbury, while he also won three Westmeath SFC medals with Athlone.^[2] At inter-county level, Kelly won an All-Ireland U21FC medal with Kildare in 1965, before later lining out for the senior team.^[3]

Kelly died on 17 December 2024, at the age of 79.^[4]

Honours

Carbury

• Offaly Senior Football Championship: 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974

Athlone

• Westmeath Senior Football Championship: 1977, 1979, 1982

Kildare

• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1965
• Leinster Under-21 Football Championship: 1965