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Seán Kelly (Galway Gaelic footballer)

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389:: "Seán Kelly acted with incredible restraint during the fracas at the end of normal time, but was put on death row for next weekend's All-Ireland semi-final. He did not deserve that and his gesture in immediately shaking hands with Aidan Nugent after both were sent off by David Coldrick said a lot about the man." O'Rourke wrote elsewhere in the same publication: "If anything, Kelly was the closest thing to 629: 621: 344: 1579: 1411: 1588: 537:
The late Pádraig Kelly was a central part of that UCG team too. His sons, Eoghan, Seán and Paul, all started this week for NUIG. Two of them are on the Galway squad alongside Matthew.
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questioned the decision to send off Armagh's Aidan Nugent and Galway's Seán Kelly while Colm Cooper asked whether the GAA's penalties are severe enough"
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final. He was still on the NUI Galway team when the university won the 2022 Sigerson Cup, the only player to have featured in both games.
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Sean Kelly is the sole survivor from the NUIG team that narrowly lost the 2018 final.
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Kelly's father, Padraig "Dandy" Kelly, was a substitute for Galway in the
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introduced him to the senior county team in 2018. After Walsh's successor
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Galway – 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
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took over as manager, Kelly was injured in the first half of the
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semi-final to send his team through to the final against
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and was a loss for his team. Joyce appointed Kelly as
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Kelly scored an extra-time goal for Moycullen against
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2022 Higher Education GAA Rising Stars Football Team
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at Croke Park, he — along with Armagh joint captain
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1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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He died in 2001 at the age of 40. 1589:2023 Club Football Team of the Year 431:Galway Senior Football Championship 1752:Alumni of the University of Galway 1024:O'Connell, Cian (4 October 2020). 367:. Kelly was later described as a " 333:of the Galway team for 2022, with 14: 841:from the original on 29 June 2022 813:from the original on 29 June 2022 756:from the original on 28 June 2022 709:from the original on 28 June 2022 632:from the original on 30 June 2022 95:1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 303:Kelly played for Galway in the 1048:Galway Senior Football Captain 564:Keys, Colm (10 January 2022). 342:2022 All-Ireland quarter-final 1: 651:Fallon, John (27 June 2022). 549:McCoy, Niall (21 July 2022). 250:and was also captain for the 1767:Moycullen Gaelic footballers 833:Tighe, Tony (28 June 2022). 234:who plays as a defender for 1788: 230:(born 12 April 1997) is a 1595: 1427: 1387: 1098: 1054: 1045: 1037: 345:between Armagh and Galway 220: 203: 191: 178: 161: 149: 136: 119: 107: 94: 68: 58: 48: 36: 291:team that lost the 2018 16:Galway Gaelic footballer 849:– via www.rte.ie. 764:– via www.rte.ie. 717:– via www.rte.ie. 862:Cite journal requires 777:Cite journal requires 730:Cite journal requires 38: 1757:Gaelic football backs 1013:. BBC. 21 July 2022. 363:of Kelly's teammate 287:Kelly played on the 27:Personal information 494:. 20 November 2022. 383:later wrote in the 211:Inter-county titles 23: 386:Sunday Independent 240:Galway county team 1729: 1728: 1723: 1722: 1713: 1705: 1697: 1689: 1681: 1673: 1665: 1657: 1649: 1641: 1633: 1625: 1617: 1609: 1601: 1555: 1554: 1545: 1537: 1529: 1521: 1513: 1505: 1497: 1489: 1481: 1473: 1465: 1457: 1449: 1441: 1433: 1374: 1373: 1061: 1060: 570:Irish Independent 359:had attempted to 337:as vice-captain. 232:Gaelic footballer 225: 224: 184:Inter-county(ies) 1779: 1711: 1703: 1695: 1687: 1679: 1671: 1663: 1655: 1647: 1639: 1631: 1623: 1615: 1607: 1599: 1582: 1575: 1568: 1559: 1543: 1535: 1527: 1519: 1511: 1503: 1495: 1487: 1479: 1471: 1463: 1455: 1447: 1439: 1431: 1414: 1407: 1400: 1391: 1378: 1347: 1337: 1327: 1319: 1311: 1303: 1295: 1287: 1279: 1274: 1263: 1254: 1245: 1236: 1231: 1221: 1213: 1205: 1197: 1189: 1181: 1173: 1165: 1157: 1149: 1141: 1133: 1120: 1112: 1104: 1087: 1080: 1073: 1064: 1038:Preceded by 1035: 1030: 1029: 1021: 1015: 1014: 1007: 1001: 1000: 989: 983: 982: 971: 965: 964: 953: 947: 946: 944: 942: 928: 922: 921: 919: 917: 903: 897: 896: 894: 892: 878: 872: 871: 865: 860: 858: 850: 848: 846: 830: 824: 822: 820: 818: 793: 787: 786: 780: 775: 773: 765: 763: 761: 752:. 28 June 2022. 746: 740: 739: 733: 728: 726: 718: 716: 714: 705:. 27 June 2022. 699: 693: 692: 690: 688: 674: 668: 667: 665: 663: 648: 642: 641: 639: 637: 618: 612: 611: 609: 607: 590:O'Brien, Kevin. 587: 581: 580: 578: 576: 561: 555: 554: 546: 540: 539: 524: 518: 517: 502: 496: 495: 484: 369:sacrificial lamb 325:final defeat to 79: 75: 73: 41: 39:Seán Ó Ceallaigh 24: 1787: 1786: 1782: 1781: 1780: 1778: 1777: 1776: 1732: 1731: 1730: 1725: 1724: 1719: 1591: 1586: 1556: 1551: 1423: 1418: 1383: 1375: 1370: 1345: 1335: 1325: 1317: 1309: 1301: 1293: 1285: 1277: 1272: 1261: 1252: 1243: 1240:for R. 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Index

Irish name
Gaelic football
Full Back
Galway
Ireland
Moycullen
Galway titles
NUI Galway
Sigerson titles
Galway
Connacht titles
Gaelic footballer
Moycullen
Galway county team
captained
2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Strokestown
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
Tourlestrane
NUI Galway
Sigerson Cup
2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Dublin
Kevin Walsh
Pádraic Joyce
2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship
Mayo
captain
Matthew Tierney

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