Tom Kelly (Gaelic footballer)

Laois Gaelic footballer

For other people named Tom Kelly, see Tom Kelly (disambiguation).

Tom KellyPersonal information

Irish name|  Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
Sport|  Gaelic football
Position|  Centre Back
Born|  Kellyville, County Laois
Club(s)
Years|  Club

1999–2004
2005
2006–2011

|  St Joseph's
Round Towers Clondalkin
St Joseph's
Club titles
Laois titles|  2
Inter-county(ies)
Years|  County

1999–2010

|  Laois
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles|  1
All Stars|  1

Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois.

His club is St Joseph's. He usually played at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All Stars Award[1] and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.[2]

Kelly twice travelled to Australia for the International Rules Series,[3] where he was Ireland's player of the series in 2005.[4]

With St Joseph's, Kelly picked up two Laois Senior Football Championship medals.[citation needed]

In January 2011, Kelly was forced to retire due to a neck injury he sustained the year before.[5]

## Honours

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Club

* Laois Senior Football Championship (2): 1996, 2000
* Laois All-County Football League (2): 2001, 2010

Inter-county

* Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 2003
* Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1998
* All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
* Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1997

Individual

* All Star (1): 2003
* International Rules Series Player of the Series (1): 2005

## References

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1. ^ "GAA Stories". Donegal News. 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
2. ^ "Laois is happy to follow Armagh". Belfast Telegraph. 2 August 2003. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
3. ^ "Kelly hoping for courageous effort". Hogan Stand. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
4. ^ "Aussies triumph but at a price?". Hogan Stand. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
5. ^ "Laois' Kelly career cut short". RTÉ Sport. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

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Laois – 1997 All Ireland Minor Football Champions (2nd title)

* 1 M. Leigh
* 2 P. McDonald
* 3 E. Bland
* 4 T. Mulligan
* 5 D. Mullins
* 6 J. Higgins
* 7 J. P. Kehoe
* 8 B. Fitzpatrick
* 9 D. Rooney
* 10 M. Lambe
* 11 S. Kelly
* 12 T. Kelly
* 13 K. Kelly (c)
* 14 B. McDonald
* 15 M. Hovendon

Manager
O. Phelan

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2003 All Star Gaelic Football Team

* 1 F. Byron
* 2 F. Bellew
* 3 C. McAnallen
* 4 J. Higgins
* 5 C. Gormley
* 6 T. Kelly
* 7 P. Jordan
* 8 K. Walsh
* 9 S. Cavanagh
* 10 B. Dooher
* 11 B. McGuigan
* 12 D. Browne
* 13 S. McDonnellFOTY
* 14 P. Canavan
* 15 A. Sweeney

Ireland squads

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Ireland football team – 2005 International Rules Series

* Joyce (c)
* Brosnan
* Canty
* Cavanagh
* Clarke
* Cooper
* Coulter
* Cullen
* Dolan
* Dooher
* Forde
* Heaney
* Jordan
* Kelly
* Lockhart
* Lynch
* McDonald
* McGuigan
* McManus
* McMenamin
* McVeigh
* Meehan
* Mulligan
* Munnelly
* Ó hAilpín
* O'Neill
* Ó Sé

Coach
McGrath

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Ireland football team – 2006 International Rules Series

* McGeeney (c)
* Barden
* Begley
* Bergin
* Brogan
* Cavanagh
* Clarke
* Coulter
* Donaghy
* Earley
* Fitzgerald
* Galvin
* Geraghty
* Kelly
* Kennelly
* Lacey
* Lockhart
* McDonnell
* Moyles
* Murphy
* O'Mahony
* Ó Sé
* Quirke
* Reilly
* Ryan

Coach
Boylan
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