Aidan O'Mahony (born 8 June 1980, in Tralee) is a retired Irish

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er who played at senior level for the Kerry county team. He has 5 All-Irelands, 3 NFLs, 10 Munster Championships, 1 County Senior Championship, 1 Senior Club County Championship, 1 County U21 Championship, 1 County Intermediate Championship and 2 All Stars. A

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member, he played for Kerry's U21 team in 2000 and 2001. He debuted for the Kerry senior team in the 2003 League campaign and in the Championship versus

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in 2004. He started the 2004 All-Ireland Final against

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, which Kerry won. He repeated the performance in the 2006 All-Ireland Final against the same team. Kerry dominated, and Mayo were easily defeated by a score of 4-15 to 3-05, and O'Mahony picked up the RTÉ Man of the Match Award for scoring 2 points and marking Ciarán McDonald. He won further All-Ireland medals in

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and

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, gaining an All Star in each of those years. He has 2 NFL medals from 2004 and 2005 and also won the Munster club championship with his club Rathmore. O'Mahony again played an important part as Kerry reached the 2008 All-Ireland In 2010, O'Mahony took a break from inter-county football after Kerry's NFL campaign for personal reasons; he, however, returned to the panel for the Championship. In 2005, following the All-Ireland final loss to Tyrone, O'Mahoney tested positive for a banned steroid,

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. However he faced no censure because salbutamol is found in asthma inhalers, and he was thus granted a therapeutic use exemptio

He once played on for more than 40 minutes in a club final with a broken leg, scoring two points. O'Mahony announced his retirement from inter-county football on 23 January 2017. O’Mahoney made 70 championship appearances and featured in 85 league games for Kerry. In January 2017, O'Mahony was a contestant on '' Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series), Dancing with the Stars''. He went on to win the competition, with his dancing partner

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. In January 2023 after winning the Junior Club All Ireland with Rathmore, O'Mahony announced his retirement from Gaelic football.

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Profile of Aidan O'Mahony
{{DEFAULTSORT:Omahony, Aidan 1980 births Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Dancing with the Stars winners Gaelic football backs Garda Síochána officers Irish international rules football players Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Sportspeople from Tralee Rathmore Gaelic footballers Winners of five All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football) Police officers from County Cork