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{{Infobox GAA player
{{Infobox GAA player
| code= Hurling
| code= Football
| sport = Hurling
| sport = Gaelic football
| image =
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| name = Connie Kelly
| name = Connie Kelly
| irish = Conchur Ó Ceallaigh
| irish = Conchur Ó Ceallaigh
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| occupation =
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| province = Munster
| province = Munster
| club = [[Cloughduv GAA|Cloughduv]]
| club = [[Cloughduv GAA|Cloughduv]]<br>[[Canovee GAA|Canovee]]<br>→ [[Muskerry GAA|Muskerry]]
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| counties = [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| icposition = Right wing-forward
| icposition = Centre-forward
| icyears = 1971
| icyears = 1971<br>1971
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| icapps(points) = 1 (0–07)<br>1 (0-00)
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| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|5|25|df=yes}}
| birth_date=1949
| birth_place=[[Cork (city)|Barrack St, Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| birth_place=[[Cloughduv]], [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date = 5 April 1985 (aged 36)
| death_place = Farnanes, County Cork, Ireland
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'''Cornelius Kelly''' (1949 – 5 April 1985) was an Irish [[hurling|hurler]] and [[Gaelic football]]er. He played with club sides [[Cloughduv GAA|Cloughduv]] and [[Canovee GAA|Canovee]], divisional side [[Muskerry GAA|Muskerry]] and at inter-county level with the [[Cork GAA|Cork senior teams]].
'''Cornelius "Connie" Kelly''' (born 1949) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] retired [[hurling|hurler]] who played as a right corner-forward for the [[Cork GAA|Cork]] senior team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passagewestgaa.com/ga/stair-an-chlub/hall-na-laochra/item/48-john-horgan|title=John Horgan|publisher=Passage West GAA website|date=|accessdate=11 March 2013|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vintagegaels.org/hall-of-fame/item/19-john-horgan.html?tmpl=component&print=1|title=John Horgan|publisher=Vintage Gaels website|date=|accessdate=12 March 2013|first=Derry J. F.|last=Doody}}</ref>


==Career==
Kelly joined the team during the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1971|1971 championship]] and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for just one season. He enjoyed little success that season as Cork faced an early exit from the championship.


Kelly first played hurling with the [[Cloughduv GAA|Cloughduv]] minor team that won three successive divisional titles in the mid-1960s. He soon progressed to adult level and won a [[Cork Junior Football Championship|Cork JFC]] title with sister club [[Canovee GAA|Canovee]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kilmurry.ie/organisations/canovee_gaa/canovee_gaa_page.htm|title=Canovee GAA history|publisher=Kilmurruy website|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref> Kelly was the championship's top scorer when he added a [[Cork Junior Hurling Championship|Cork JHC]] title to his collection in [[1970 Cork Junior Hurling Championship|1970]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cloughduvgaa.com/contentPage/209683/history|title=History|publisher=Cloughduv GAA website|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref> He was also a member of the [[Muskerry GAA|Muskerry]] divisional teams as a [[dual player]] that year and, after losing the [[1970 Cork Senior Hurling Championship#Final|SHC final]], won a [[Cork Senior Football Championship|Cork SFC]] medal after a defeat of [[Nemo Rangers GAA|Nemo Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40123598.html|title=Classic county hurling finals: UCC denied Muskerry the double in 1970|publisher=Echo Live|date=8 May 2020|access-date=24 June 2022|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muskerrygaa.ie/content_page/10024264/|title=Muskerry 1970|publisher=Muskerry GAA website|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref> Kelly enjoyed further club success when Canovee-Cloughduv completed an intermediate [[The Double (Gaelic Games)|double]] in 1973. He ended his club career with a second [[Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship|Cork IHC]] title in [[1983 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship|1983]].
At club level Kelly won [[Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship|intermediate championship]] and [[Cork Junior Hurling Championship|junior championship]] medals with [[Cloughduv GAA|Coughduv]].


Kelly first played for [[Cork GAA|Cork]] as a substitute on the [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|minor team]] that lost the [[1966 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|1966 All-Ireland minor final]] to [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]. He was again eligible for the minor grade the following year and won an [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|All-Ireland MHC]] medal from left wing-forward when Wexford were beaten.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/minor-hurling/|title=Minor hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=20 June 2022}}</ref> Kelly's performances at club level resulted in a call-up to the [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|under-21 team]] and he scored 2-07 when Wexford were beaten in the [[1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final|1970 All-Ireland under-21 final replay]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21h_teams/|title=Under 21 hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=20 June 2022}}</ref> He was drafted onto the Cork senior teams as a dual player for the respective 1971 championships an won a [[Munster Senior Football Championship|Munster SFC]] medal after a defeat of [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/sf_teams/|title=Senior football|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=20 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40117988.html|title=Picking the best Cork hurlers since 1970 who made one championship appearance|publisher=Echo Live|date=1 June 2020|accessdate=25 September 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> A recurring back problem resulted in Kelly's inter-county career coming to a premature end.
==Playing career==
===Club===


==Personal life and death==
Kelly played his club hurling with [[Cloughduv GAA|Cloughduv]] and enjoyed much success.


In 1970 he was in the forward line as Cloughduv faced [[Courcey Rovers GAA|Courcey Rovers]] in the [[Cork Junior Hurling Championship|junior championship]] decider. A 3-15 to 2-4 victory, with Kelly contributing 2-9, gave Cloughduv the victory and gave Kelly a coveted junior championship medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsmanager.ie/cake/gaa2/cloughduv/contentPage/209683/history|title=Cloughduv History|publisher=Cloughduv GAA website|date=|accessdate=13 March 2013|first=|last=}}</ref>
Kelly was educated at [[Pallaskenry Agricultural College]] in [[County Limerick]] and worked on the family farm in Farnanes, [[County Cork]]. He died suddenly on 5 April 1985, at the age of 36.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Hurler Connie Kelly dies|publisher=The Cork Examiner|date=6 April 1985|accessdate=25 September 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>


==Honours==
After just three seasons in the intermediate grade, Cloughduv reached the county decider in 1973. A 2-9 to 2-5 defeat of [[Blackrock GAA|Blackrock]] gave Kelly an [[Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship|intermediate championship]] medal.


;Canovee
===Inter-county===
*[[Cork Intermediate Football Championship]]: [[1973 Cork Intermediate Football Championship|1973]]
*[[Cork Junior Football Championship]]: [[1968 Cork Junior Football Championship|1968]]
*[[Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship]]: 1968


;Cloughduv
Kelly first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team in 1966. He made his debut in the provincial semi-final and later collected a [[Munster Minor Hurling Championship|Munster]] medal following a 6-7 to 2-8 defeat of [[Galway GAA|Galway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/history/mh_teams/|title=Minor Hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=13 March 2013|first=|last=}}</ref> Cork later faced [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]] in the All-Ireland decider, however, a high-scoring 6-7 apiece draw was the result. The replay was much more conclusive with Wexford claiming a 4-1 to 1-8 victory.
*[[Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship]]: [[1973 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship|1973]], [[1983 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship|1983]]
*[[Cork Junior Hurling Championship]]: [[1970 Cork Junior Hurling Championship|1970]]
*[[Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship]]: 1967, 1970


;Muskerry
In 1967 Kelly missed Cork's provincial victory, however, he was back on the starting fifteen as Cork later faced Wexford in the All-Ireland decider once again. A 2-15 to 5-3 victory gave Kelly a coveted [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]] medal.
*[[Cork Senior Football Championship]]: [[1970 Cork Senior Football Championship|1970]]

Three years later Kelly joined the Cork under-21 hurling team. He won a [[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship|Munster]] medal as a non-playing substitute following a 3-11 to 2-7 defeat of [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]. Cork faced their old rivals Wexford in the subsequent All-Ireland decider, however, that game ended in a draw. In the replay Cork went into overdrive and Kelly won an [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]] medal following a 5-17 to 0-8 thrashing.

In 1971 Kelly made his senior debut in a Munster semi-final defeat by [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]. He scored seven points from the half-forward line, however, it turned out to be his only championship appearance for Cork.

==Honours==
===Team===
;Cloughduv
*[[Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship]] (1): 1973
*[[Cork Junior Hurling Championship]] (1): 1970


;Cork
;Cork
*[[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship]] (1): 1970
*[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]: [[1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1971]]
*[[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]] (1): 1970 (sub)
*[[Munster Junior Football Championship]]: [[1971 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship#Munster Junior Football Championship|1971]]
*[[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]] (1): 1967
*[[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship]]: [[1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|1970]]
*[[Munster Minor Hurling Championship]] (2): 1966, 1967
*[[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]]: [[1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship|1970]]
*[[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]]: [[1967 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|1967]]
*[[Munster Minor Hurling Championship]]: [[1966 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Munster Minor Hurling Championship|1966]], [[1967 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Munster Minor Hurling Championship|1967]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:21, 24 April 2024

Connie Kelly
Personal information
Irish name Conchur Ó Ceallaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre-forward
Born 1949
Cloughduv, County Cork, Ireland
Died 5 April 1985 (aged 36)
Farnanes, County Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
Years Club
Cloughduv
Canovee
Muskerry
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Cork titles 1 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1971
1971
Cork (SH)
Cork (SF)
1 (0–07)
1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Cornelius Kelly (1949 – 5 April 1985) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. He played with club sides Cloughduv and Canovee, divisional side Muskerry and at inter-county level with the Cork senior teams.

Career

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Kelly first played hurling with the Cloughduv minor team that won three successive divisional titles in the mid-1960s. He soon progressed to adult level and won a Cork JFC title with sister club Canovee in 1968.[1] Kelly was the championship's top scorer when he added a Cork JHC title to his collection in 1970.[2] He was also a member of the Muskerry divisional teams as a dual player that year and, after losing the SHC final, won a Cork SFC medal after a defeat of Nemo Rangers.[3][4] Kelly enjoyed further club success when Canovee-Cloughduv completed an intermediate double in 1973. He ended his club career with a second Cork IHC title in 1983.

Kelly first played for Cork as a substitute on the minor team that lost the 1966 All-Ireland minor final to Wexford. He was again eligible for the minor grade the following year and won an All-Ireland MHC medal from left wing-forward when Wexford were beaten.[5] Kelly's performances at club level resulted in a call-up to the under-21 team and he scored 2-07 when Wexford were beaten in the 1970 All-Ireland under-21 final replay.[6] He was drafted onto the Cork senior teams as a dual player for the respective 1971 championships an won a Munster SFC medal after a defeat of Kerry.[7][8] A recurring back problem resulted in Kelly's inter-county career coming to a premature end.

Personal life and death

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Kelly was educated at Pallaskenry Agricultural College in County Limerick and worked on the family farm in Farnanes, County Cork. He died suddenly on 5 April 1985, at the age of 36.[9]

Honours

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Canovee
Cloughduv
Muskerry
Cork

References

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  1. ^ "Canovee GAA history". Kilmurruy website. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "History". Cloughduv GAA website. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Classic county hurling finals: UCC denied Muskerry the double in 1970". Echo Live. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Muskerry 1970". Muskerry GAA website. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Under 21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Picking the best Cork hurlers since 1970 who made one championship appearance". Echo Live. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Hurler Connie Kelly dies". The Cork Examiner. 6 April 1985. Retrieved 25 September 2022.