Kieran Cremin is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the Dr. Crokes club team and formerly with the

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county team.

Club

He had much success at club level with Dr. Crokes. He won a

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title in 2000 as a panel member. He was a back to back championship Runner-Up in 2005 and 2006, losing both to

. Despite losing the county final in 2006 Dr. Crokes regrouped and won the

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. In 2007, he appeared in an

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final with Dr. Crokes, although they were controversially defeated in a replay by

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. He was on the losing side once more to South Kerry in 2009. In 2010 after three losses in six seasons he finally got his hands on a

in 2010. Despite being just 30 years old he retired soon after the 2010 win. He also had much success in the

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and Kerry County Football League - Division 1.

Minor

Cremin was a member of the Kerry team that played in the 1998

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, winning the

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after a win over

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in the final. Cremins side lot out to

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in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Under 21

He then went on to play with the county u-21 team in the

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winning a

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in 1999.

later qualified for the All-Ireland final where they had a surprise loss to

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. He was a member of the team for the next two seasons without success.

Junior

Cremin went on to win a

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with the Kerry junior side in 2002. His side later qualified for the All-Ireland only to suffer a surprise loss to

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Senior

Cremin was for some time second-choice goalkeeper on the Kerry team. He first joined the panel in 2004. He picked up National League, Munster and All-Ireland titles as a panel member. He had to wait until 2006 before he got his first start at senior level. He played in four games during that seasons league. He would go on to pick up another League and All-Ireland title as a panel member. Won won another set of Munster and All-Ireland titles in 2007 as a panel member, but failed to make a single appearance in league or championship. He made two appearances during the 2008 League. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/2008/League He was regarded as a talented goalkeeper and a likely successor to

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when the latter retired. Indeed, the Sunday Tribune predicted him as the 2010 All-Star goalkeeper in 2005

However, by the time Murphy retired in 2010, so had Cremin leaving the panel after the 2008 season.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193418/http://www.tribune.ie/2006/12/24/80565 *http://83.245.38.233/en/Sport/News/Other-sports/2008/02/14/GAA-Kerry-select-side-for-crunch-clash/?facets/sport-space/north-america-locale/gaa/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20051001102636/http://drcrokes.com/seniornews.htm *http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=SPORT&jp=cweyidmhqlkf&d=2006-03-09

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football goalkeepers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Dr Crokes Gaelic footballers {{Kerry-gaelic-football-bio-stub