Kieran Fitzgerald (Gaelic footballer)

Kieran Fitzgerald
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
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.

Career

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

County

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Browne, PJ (8 February 2022). "Ex-Galway Footballer Kieran Fitzgerald Struggled For Years After Girlfriend's Death". Balls.ie.
  2. ^ "Fitzgerald chosen as Galway football captain". Breakingnews.ie. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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