Patrick Kelly (born 14 August 1985) 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 ...

er. His league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned nine seasons from 2008 to 2016. Born in

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, Kelly first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at

Coláiste Choilm Coláiste Choilm is a mixed second-level school in Ballincollig in Cork, Ireland. The school was founded in 1987 to meet demand for second-level education in the rapidly growing satellite town of Ballincollig. As of September 2011, there were ...

. Here he had Moran Cup and Frewen Cup successes. Kelly first appeared for the Ballincollig club at underage levels, winning divisional minor and under-21 championship medals. As a member of the club's senior team he won a county senior championship medal in 2014. Kelly made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Cork minor team. He played for one championship season with the minor team, and was a

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

runner-up. Kelly subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning three successive

medals between 2004 and 2006. He made his debut during the 2008 league. Over the course of the next nine years Kelly had several successes, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland medal in 2010. He also won three

medals and three National Football League medals. He played his last game for Cork in July 2016 and announced his retirement in January 2017. After being chosen on the

inter-provincial team for the first time in 2005, Kelly made a number of appearances over the following years. During that time he won one

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

medal.

Career statistics

Honours

;Ballincollig * Cork Senior Football Championship (1): 2014 ;Cork * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1):

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* Munster Senior Football Championship (3):

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* National Football League Division 1 (3):

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* National Football League Division 2 (1):

* Munster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2004, 2005, 2006 ;Munster *

(1): 2008

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Paddy 1985 births Living people Ballincollig Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers Irish international rules football players Irish schoolteachers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers UCC Gaelic footballers Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)