Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Déaglán Mac Lomhaid | ||
Sport | Dual player | ||
Football Position: | Right corner-forward | ||
Hurling Position: | Full-forward | ||
Born |
1944 Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Primary school principal | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Kilmoyley Ardfert | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Kerry titles | 0 | 5 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1964-1968 1962-1973 |
Kerry (SF) Kerry (SH) | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Munster Titles | 1 | 0 | |
All-Ireland Titles | 0 | 0 | |
League titles | 0 | 0 |
Brian Declan Lovett (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Kilmoyley and Ardfert and was also a member of the Kerry senior teams as a dual player.
Born in Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Lovett first played Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College in Killarney. As a member of Kilmoyley GAA club, he joined the senior team while still a minor and won three successive Kerry SHC titles from 1962 to 1964. Lovett claimed further county honours in 1970 and 1971.
Lovett first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor football team that beat Mayo in the 1962 All-Ireland minor final.[1] He also made his first appearances with the Kerry junior hurling team that year. Lovett also spent four years in the under-21 grade as a Gaelic footballer and won an All-Ireland U21FC medal in 1964.[2][3]
Lovett first played for the senior team during the 1964–65 NFL. He later won consecutive Division 2 titles as a hurler in 1967 and 1968.[4] As a member of the Kerry junior football team, Lovett won an All-Ireland JFC medal after a defeat of London in 1967.[5] This victory resulted in him once again joining the senior team and he was an unused substitute when Down beat Kerry in the 1968 All-Ireland final.[6]
Lovett spent 41 years as a teacher at Kilmoyley NS. He became principal of the school in 1971 and retired in 2004.[7]