James Kielt is a

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er who plays for the Pádraig Pearse's Kilrea club and previously for the Derry county team. He played as a

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for both club and county.

Playing career

Club

Kielt had a very successful underage career with Kilrea.

Inter-county

Kielt was

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of the Derry

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team which were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county. The following year he reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship with Derry Under 21s, but they were also defeated. In 2009 he was drafted into the Derry

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side. Derry reached that year's

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final, but were defeated by

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. Kielt made his

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debut later that year in the Ulster Championship against

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. After missing the 2012 season and opting out of the 2015 championship, Kielt retired from inter-county football in October 2018.

College

Kielt started playing for

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from 2007/08. The university finished runners-up to

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in the

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Honours

Inter-county

Senior

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: **Runner-up:

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**winner 2011 (Derry0: **Runners-up: 2009 (with QUB) **Ulster Senior football championship winner (0) runner up (!) 2011

Under-21

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: **Runner up: 2008

Minor

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: **Runner up: 2007 *

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: **Runner up: 2007 *Ulster Minor FootballLeague: **Winner (1): 2007

Club

Notes

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and the All-Ireland Championship (see current format)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kielt, James 1989 births Living people Derry inter-county Gaelic footballers Kilrea Gaelic footballers