Kieran Claffey (15 April 1949 – 19 September 1995) was 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 ...
er who played for club sides
Doon and
Clontibret O'Neills. He was also a member of the
Offaly senior football team.
Career
Claffey never 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 ...
in organised competitions at primary or secondary school level. As an
agricultural college student in
County Monaghan he joined the
Clontibret O'Neills club and won a
Monaghan SFC title in 1968. Claffey later returned to the
Doon club and won an Offaly JFC title in 1970.
Claffey, having never lined out in the
minor grade, first played for
Offaly as a member of the
under-21 team in 1970. By this stage, Claffey had already joined the
senior team. He partnered
Willie Bryan at midfield when Offaly beat
Galway in the
1971 All-Ireland final. Claffey's inter-county career ended in 1975, by which stage he had also won two
Leinster SFC medals.
Death
Claffey died from a kidney-related illness on 19 September 1995, at the age of 46.
Honours
;Clontibret O'Neill's
*
Monaghan Senior Football Championship: 1968
;Doon
*Offaly Junior A Football Championship: 1970
;Offaly
*
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship:
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
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Leinster Senior Football Championship:
1969
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Events January
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* January 5
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1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
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1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
References
External links
Kieran Claffey appearance record
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1949 births
1995 deaths
Offaly inter-county Gaelic footballers