Laurence Kiely (born 6 April 1941) is an Irish former hurler and

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rider. At club level he played with a number of sides, including Gortnahoe–Glengoole and Military College, and was also a member of the

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. Kiely was also a member of the Army Equitation School and represented Ireland on a number of occasions.

Early life

Born and raised in Glengoole, County Tipperary, Kiely first played hurling as a schoolboy in various juvenile competitions at Glengoole National School before later lining out as a student at the Patrician College in

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. He was a member of the Patrician College team that won the Leinster Colleges' JHC title in 1957. Kiely joined the Irish Army as a cadet in January 1961 and won an All-Army hurling medal with the Military College later that same year.

Club career

Kiely began his club career at minor level with

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. He was still eligible for the minor grade when he first lined out at adult level with the club and won a Mid Tipperary JAHC title in 1959. While playing at the Military College he won a Kildare SHC title after a 3-15 to 2-07 defeat of Ardclough in 1962. Kiely moved to Dublin and joined the Air Corps team after

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. Players from Air Corps, Grocers and Crokes combined to form the Junior Board Selection and he won a Dublin SHC medal with them after a defeat of

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in 1963. Kiely later joined the Young Irelands team and he claimed a second Dublin SHC title after University College Dublin were beaten in the 1965 final.

Inter-county career

Kiely began a three-year association with the Tipperary minor hurling team as a 16-year-old in

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. He won his first Munster MHC medal that year before later lining out at centre-forward in the 4-07 to 3-07 win over

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in the 1957 All-Ireland minor final. After being beaten in the

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a year later, Kiely was appointed team captain for

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. After winning a second provincial medal he captained Tipperary to a one-point win over Kilkenny in the 1959 All-Ireland minor final. After being overage for the minor grade, Kiely was called up to the Tipperary junior hurling team in

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. After a year out of inter-county hurling, he returned in

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as a member of the Kildare junior hurling team. After claiming that season's Leinster JHC title, Kiely was at full-forward when Kildare beat London by 4-07 to 2-04 in the 1962 All-Ireland junior final. Kiely subsequently declared for Tipperary and made his senior team debut in a 4-07 to 1-11 defeat of

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in the 1963 Munster semi-final. His second season with the team saw him claim his first silverware after Tipperary secured the 1963–64 National League title. Kiely won his first Munster SHC later that season before lining out at centre-forward in the 5-13 to 2-08 defeat of Kilkenny in the 1964 All-Ireland final. He was substituted early in the second half after complaining of a pain in his side, which later turned out to be appendicitis. Illness kept Kiely out of Tipperary's successful 1965 Munster SHC campaign. He was recalled to the starting fifteen at centre-forward for the 2-16 to 0-10 defeat of Wexford in the 1965 All-Ireland final. Kiely ended the season by claiming a second successive National League title after a defeat of

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. After an unsuccessful season in

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, Kiely won a third Munster winners' medal after a defeat of

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in the 1967 Munster final. He was dropped from the starting fifteen for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny but came on as a substitute in the 3-08 to 2-07 defeat.

Equestrian career

Kiely joined the Army Equitation School in 1962 and first jumped at international level four years later. He was included in the Irish Olympic Team for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City but did not compete. Kiely's first major success in

was when he rode Inis Cara to win the puissance in Wiesbaden in 1969. He shared first place in the puissance on Inis Cara at

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in 1970. Kiely was in Ireland's Nations Cup team that won in Ostend in 1971. He shared first place in puissance at the

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with Inis Cara in 1973 and 1974. It was around this time that Kiely also held the world puissance record with

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of Italy (7 feet 2 inches). He again enjoyed Nations Cup success in Ostend in 1976 before retiring from international show jumping in 1978.

Honours

;Patrician College, Ballyfin *Leinster Colleges Junior Hurling Championship: 1957 ;Gortnahoe *Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship: 1958 ;Military College * Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: 1962 ;Junior Board Selection * Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1963 ;Young Irelands * Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1965 ;Kildare * All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship:

* Leinster Junior Hurling Championship:

;Tipperary *

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: 1963–64, 1964–65 * All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiely, Larry 1941 births Living people Gortnahoe-Glengoole hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners