Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish people, Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard GAA, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry GAA, South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry GAA, Kerry senior inter-county team from 2006 to 2019.
Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O'Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League (Ireland), National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.
[Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at . Accessed 24 May 2008.] He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals Cork GAA, Cork in the final. In 2010, he captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC GAA, UCC in the final.
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External links
* http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=SPORT&jp=mhmhauojgbid&d=2007-10-03
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090805085658/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0826/kerry.html
* http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/u21s-wouldnt-have-filled-in-1294736.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080307061645/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0216/kerry_tyrone.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110521143225/http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg%3Dsport-qqqm%3DGAA-qqqa%3Dsport-qqqid%3D55500-qqqx%3D1.asp
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071118194803/http://www.roscommonherald.ie/news/story/?trs=gbqlqlmh
* http://www.anfearrua.com/story.asp?id=2639
1987 births
Living people
All Stars Young Footballers of the Year
Gaelic football backs
Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
Renard Gaelic footballers
South Kerry Gaelic footballers
Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
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