Kevin Davis (born 1994) is an Irish
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
player. At club level he plays with
O'Donovan Rossa
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ( ga, Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831, died 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and member ...
, while he has also lined out at inter-county level with various
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
teams.
Career
Davis first played
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
to a high standard as a student at St Fachtna's De La Salle College in
Skibbereen. He also lined out at juvenile and underage levels with the
O'Donovan Rossa
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ( ga, Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831, died 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and member ...
club, winning a
Cork U21FC medal in 2011, before joining the club's
senior team the following year. Davis was also part of the
University College Cork team that won the
Sigerson Cup in 2014.
Davis first appeared on the inter-county scene with
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
as a member of the
minor team in 2012. He later lined out with the
under-21 team and was a member of the extended panel when
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
won the
Munster U21FC title in 2014. Davis joined the
Cork senior football team during the
2017 McGrath Cup
The 2017 McGrath Cup was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Munster, played by all six county teams
A county is a geographic region within Gaelic games, controlled by a county board of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...
and made a number of appearances in the subsequent
National League.
Personal life
His father,
Don Davis, and his uncle,
Tony Davis, also played with O'Donovan Rossa and Cork.
Honours
;UCC
*
Sigerson Cup: 2014
;O'Donovan Rossa
*
Cork Under-21 Football Championship: 2011
;Cork
*
Munster Under-21 Football Championship:
2014
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Kevin
1994 births
Living people
O'Donovan Rossa (Cork) Gaelic footballers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers