Rody Kirwan

Rody Kirwan

Personal information
Irish name	Ruairí Ó Ciarubháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	Roger Kirwan (1878-01-03)3 January 1878 Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland
Died	8 January 1959(1959-01-08) (aged 81) Adelphi Hotel, Waterford, Ireland
Nickname	Rody
Occupation	Bank official
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Lismore Blackwater Ramblers Camblin Rovers Castleisland Desmonds
Club titles
Waterford titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1898-1900 1901 1902-1907	Waterford Wexford Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	2

Roger Kirwan (3 January 1878 – 8 January 1959) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career with the Waterford, Wexford and Kerry senior teams spanned ten seasons from 1898 until 1907.

Born in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Kirwan was one of five sons born to Patrick and Catherine Kirwan (née McGrath). He was educated locally and later worked as a bank official.

At club level Kirwan first played competitive football with Lismore Blackwater Ramblers, with whom he won a county senior championship medal in 1899. Kirwan later enjoyed championship success with the Camblin Rovers club in Wexford before ending his club career with the Castleisland Desmonds club in County Kerry.

Kirwan first played on the inter-county scene as a member of the Waterford senior team that was defeated by Dublin in the 1898 All-Ireland final. He later lined out with Wexford before making his debut with the Kerry senior team in 1902. Kirwan went on to win back-to-back All-Ireland medals with Kerry in 1903 and 1904. He also won three successive Munster medals.

Honours

Lismore Blackwater Ramblers

• Waterford Senior Football Championship (1): 1898

Kerry

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2): 1903, 1904
• Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 1903, 1904, 1905