Keith Beirne (born 28 March 1997) is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who plays for

Mohill Mohill (, meaning "soft ground") is a town in County Leitrim, Ireland. The town of Carrick-on-Shannon is approximately 16 km (10 miles) away. History The Justinian plague of Mohill devastated the local population in the 6th centur ...

and at senior level for the Leitrim county team. In an away game against

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...

, Beirne scored nine points in the opening round of the 2020 National Football League (a game which ended in a draw), this after Leitrim had been promoted from Division 4 back to Division 3 for the first time in 12 years. Beirne forced

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

with a late point against

Sligo Sligo ( ; , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 2 ...

in the 2022 Tailteann Cup but Sligo ran out winners in the end. In October, he was named on the Tailteann Cup Team of the Year, the only Leitrim player represented. He has played in the US as well. The Beirne family from Mohill won the fifth season of '' Ireland's Fittest Family'' when Keith was 20.

Honours

;Individual * Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022

References

Living people Leitrim inter-county Gaelic footballers Mohill Gaelic footballers 1997 births {{Leitrim-Gaelic-football-bio-stub