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Keith Beirne

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Keith Beirne
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre forward
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)
Club(s)
Years Club
Mohill
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
Leitrim

Keith Beirne (born 28 March 1997) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for [[Mohill GAA |Mohill]][1][2] and at senior level for the Leitrim county team.[3]

In an away game against Derry, Beirne scored nine points in the opening round of the 2020 National Football League (a game which ended in a draw), this after Leitrim had been promoted from Division 4 back to Division 3 for the first time in 12 years.[4]

Beirne forced extra time with a late point against Sligo in the 2022 Tailteann Cup but Sligo ran out winners in the end.[5] In October, he was named on the Tailteann Cup Team of the Year, the only Leitrim player represented.[6][7][8] He has played in the US as well.[9]

The Beirne family from Mohill won the fifth season of Ireland's Fittest Family when Keith was 20.[10]

Honours

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Individual
  • Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022

References

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  1. ^ Connolly, John (14 October 2022). "We're a team stresses Mohill captain Keith Beirne ahead of Sunday's Connacht Gold Leitrim SFC Final". Leitrim Observer.
  2. ^ "Beirne on fire as Mohill blast back". Irish Independent. 9 October 2017.
  3. ^ Hopper, Dave (6 May 2022). "No Keith Beirne as Leitrim face Galway". Shannonside Northern Sound.
  4. ^ "Beirne glad to answer critics 'who wrote Leitrim off'". RTÉ. 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Goalkeeper Devaney the hero as Sligo secure dramatic penalty shootout win". Hogan Stand. 5 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Westmeath secure six places in Tailteann team selection". RTÉ. 20 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Beirne named in Tailteann Cup Team of the Year – Gaelic Football". 20 October 2022.
  8. ^ McGoldrick, Sean (9 October 2022). "The best players outside the 'big 3' still waiting to lift Sam Maguire".
  9. ^ "Leitrim set to be depleted". Hogan Stand. 22 June 2018.
  10. ^ Murphy, Claire (17 December 2017). "Revealed: The Beirnes of Leitrim are officially Ireland's Fittest Family".