Jonathan Lyne (24 February 1990) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays

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with his local club Killarney Legion and was a member of the senior Kerry county team from 2014. Lyne started at right half-back for Kerry in the

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the 128th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 20 September 2015. Leinster Champions Dublin an ...

defeat to Dublin. He is a cousin of

Pat Spillane Patrick Gerard Spillane (born 1 December 1955), better known as Pat Spillane, is an Irish former Gaelic football pundit and player. His National Football League (Ireland), league and All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, championship career ...

. His younger brother Damien died suddenly in Killarney in 2020. Lyne confirmed his retirement from inter-county football on 1 January 2021. Though he played often in 2020, he was not involved in the

2020 Munster Senior Football Championship The 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2020 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. The fixtures were announced on RTÉ Radio on 8 October 2019. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 ...

semi-final defeat to Cork.

References

1990 births Living people Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Killarney Legion Gaelic footballers

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