Killian Young

Killian Young
Personal information
Irish name	Cillian de Shiún
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left half back
Born	(1987-01-04) 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	Apps (scores)
2006-2019	Kerry	45
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 from 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

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^ Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at "RTÉ Sport: Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.. Accessed 24 May 2008.

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Preceded byKeith Higgins(Mayo) All Stars Young Footballer of the Year 2007 Succeeded byTommy Walsh(Kerry) Preceded byAndrew O'Sullivan(Cork) All-Ireland Under-21 Football Finalwinning captain 2008 Succeeded byColm O'Neill(Cork Preceded byFintan Goold(Cork) U21 Footballer of the Year 2008 Succeeded byColm O'Neill(Cork)

Kerry Football Squads

Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title)

Subs used: 17 E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé; 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan; 19 É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin; 20 B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell; 22 B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 21 M. Lyons; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Reidy; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. Young; 27 R. Hussey; 28 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Mac Gearailt; 30 A. O'Connell

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (35th title)

Subs used

18 S. O'Sullivan for Galvin
20 Darran O'Sullivan for Declan O'Sullivan
26 T. Griffin for Young
21 M. F. Russell for Sheehan
19 M. Lyons for Reidy

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 17 M. Quirke; 22 D. Bohane; 23 P. O'Connor; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 K. O'Leary; 27 R. Hussey; 28 D. Walsh; 29 T. Walsh; 30 D. Quill

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

v t e Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (11th title)
1 T. Mac An tSaoir 2 C. O'Mahony 3 M. Moloney 4 S. Enright 5 Aidan O'Sullivan 6 K. Young (c) 7 G. Duffy 8 D. Moran 9 Alan O'Sullivan 10 K. O'Leary 11 J. Buckley 12 M. O'Donoghue 13 P. Curran 14 T. Walsh 15 P. O'Connor Subs used K. Brennan E. Hickson B. Looney J. Doolan E. O'Neill Manager S. Geaney

Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 28 P. Galvin for T. Walsh; 19 Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan; 17 T. Griffin for S. Scanlon; 23 M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan; 27 D. Moran for B. Sheehan

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 18 S. O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke; 21 D. Walsh; 22 D. Bohane; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Maher; 30 P. Corridan; 31 M. Moloney; 32 K. Quirke; 33 A.O'Shea

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

v t e Kerry – 2009 National Football League Champions (19th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 P. Reidy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Young 5 T. Ó Sé 6 A. O'Mahony 7 T. Griffin 8 A. Maher 9 M. Quirke 10 D. Walsh 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 Darran O'Sullivan (c) 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used D Ó Sé T. Kennelly B. Sheehan D. Bohane S. O'Sullivan Aidan O'Shea Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: É. Fitzmaurice; G. O'Keeffe

Kerry – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 18 P. Galvin for O'Leary; 21 B. J. Keane for Walsh; 17 D. Bohane for Brosnan

Subs not used: 16 T. Mac a' tSaoir; 19 S. Enright; 20 J. O'Donoghue; 22 P. Reidy; 23 P. Crowley; 24 T. Griffin; 25 J. Buckley; 26 B. McGuire; 27 S. Scanlon; 28 N. O'Mahony; 29 D. Geaney; 30 A. O'Connell; 31 D. Casey

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; D. Murphy

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Kerry – 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 22 D. O'Sulllivan for S. O'Brien; 20 B. Sheehan for J. Buckley; 17 K. Donaghy for P. Geaney; 23 P. Galvin for D. Moran; 19 P. Murphy for A. O'Mahony; 21 B. J. Keane for J. O'Donoghue