Niall Sheehy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Back | ||
| Born | Tralee, County Kerry | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1950's-1970's | John Mitchels | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 7 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1958-1965 | Kerry | 26 | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
Niall Sheehy was a Gaelic footballer from Tralee, County Kerry. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club John Mitchels, he also played hurling with Austin Stacks. He was also a member of the senior Kerry county football team from the 1958 until 1965, where he was nicknamed "Eusébio" for his kicking ability.[1] He also played for the Kerry county hurling team. His father was John Joe Sheehy. His brothers - Seán Óg and Paudie - both won All-Ireland titles with Kerry in the 1960s. Sheehy captained Kerry to the All-Ireland final in 1964, but lost out to Galway.[2] He also won an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal in 1961, Kerry's first All Ireland Hurling title since 1891, as well as 3 National Hurling League Div 2 titles.[citation needed]
At club level Sheehy was part of the famed John Mitchels team of the 1950s and 1960s, winning seven Kerry Senior Football Championships (1952, five in a row from 1959 to 1963 and again in 1966).[citation needed]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- John Mitchels
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (7): 1952, 1959 (c), 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
County
[edit]- Kerry
- Football
- Munster Senior Football Championship (6): 1958, 1960, 1961 (c), 1962, 1963 (c), 1964 (c)
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2): 1959, 1962
- National Football League (2) 1961, 1963
- Hurling
- Munster Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1961
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1961
- National Hurling League Division 2 (3) 1957. 1963, 1968
References
[edit]- ^ "Tyrone and Dooher laid down a big marker last weekend". The Irish Times. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Flynn, Niall (2009). 36 and Counting...Kerry's Football Story to 2009. Trafford Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4269-2070-7.
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