Fintan Ashe (born 1970 in
Dingle,
County Kerry
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) is an
Irish sportsperson. He played
Gaelic football
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with his local club
Dingle and was the
Kerry inter-county team at all levels during the late 1980s and 1990s. He won an All-Ireland minor medal in 1988. In 1990, he was part of the
All-Ireland Under 21 winning panel and the following year he won an
All-Ireland Junior title.
Club
Ashe played his club football with
Dingle. He won four Kerry Intermediate Football Championship in1988, 1989, 1997 and 2004. He also won a number of
West Kerry Senior Football Championship titles.
Underage
Ashe played with the
Kerry minor team in 1988. He came on as a sub in the Munster final win over
Cork
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, but was midfield for the All-Ireland final win over
Dublin where he scored a point.
He then moved to the Under 21 team. He won a Munster medal in 1990 as Kerry overcame Cork in the final. He played no part as Kerry went on to win the All-Ireland title.
He was still underage in 1991. His first game was in the Munster final, where he scored 1–01 to win his second Munster title. He later lined out in the All-Ireland final loss to
Tyrone.
Junior
He played with the Kerry junior team for three seasons. His first two seasons in 1989 and 1990 seen no successes, with two losses in Munster finals to Cork being his lot.
He was still part of the team in 1991. He lined out in a third Munster final, this time facing
Waterford. He scored a point as Kerry won the title. He later lined out in the All-Ireland final win over
London, where he scored two points.
Senior
Ashe never played with Kerry in the championship during his playing days, but played a number of National League games in the early 1990s.
He was a member of the extended panel of
Kerry's 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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winning campaign.
References
Living people
Dingle Gaelic footballers
Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
1970 births
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