Killian Young

Killian Young
Personal information
Irish name	Cillian de Shiún
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left Half Back
Born	4 January 1987 (age 37); Reenard, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Bank Manager
Club(s)
Years	Club
1995-	Renard GAA
Club titles
Kerry titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2006-2019	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	9
All-Irelands	4
NFL	2

Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard GAA, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team fron 2006 to 2019.

Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O'Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.^[1] He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals Cork in the final. In 2010, he captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC in the final.

References

^ Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Accessed 24 May 2008.

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Preceded by Keith Higgins (Mayo)	All Stars Young Footballer of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Tommy Walsh (Kerry)
Preceded by Andrew O'Sullivan (Cork)	All-Ireland Under-21 Football Final winning captain 2008	Succeeded by Colm O'Neill (Cork
Preceded by Fintan Goold (Cork)	U21 Footballer of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Colm O'Neill (Cork)

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[RTÉ_Under-21_final-1] Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Accessed 24 May 2008.

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