Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Séamus Ó Ceallaigh | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born |
1916 Hugginstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Died |
3 April 1985 Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny, Ireland | (aged 68–69)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Carrickshock | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 6 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1938–1949 | Kilkenny | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 6 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 0 |
James Kelly (1916 – 3 April 1985) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, Kelly first arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He made his debut in the 1938 championship and immediately became a regular member of the team. During his career he won two All-Ireland medals and six Leinster medals.[1][2] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
Kelly also represented the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, winning one Railway Cup medal. At club level he won six championship medals with Carrickshock.
His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by Laois in the 1949 championship.