Colin O'Mahony is a

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er from

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. He has been a key player in much underage success for the county. He was part of the

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minor panel that won the 2004 Munster Championship and later lost out to Tyrone in the All Ireland final. He then moved on to the Under 21 side where again he won a Munster Championship and later helped

to a first Under 21 All Ireland title in 10 years when they beat

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in the final. After some impressive displays with the Under 21s he got a call up to the county junior team where he won his second Munster Championship of the year, he was back with the junior team once in 2010 when he won another Munster title and helped

to a place in the All Ireland final where they were shocked by

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on the day. He plays his club football with his local Ballydonoghue and the

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teams.

References

* http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/738/Colin-OMahony/U21 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110801225940/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/jf_teams/ 1987 births Living people Ballydonoghue Gaelic footballers Shannon Rangers Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers {{Kerry-gaelic-football-bio-stub