Pádraig Reidy is an Irish

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er, who has played with the Scartaglin club and the Kerry county team.

Underage career

Reidy played schools football with St.Patrick's College of Castleisland, and won the 2003 Dunloe Shield. He won two Munster Minor Football Championship medals with Kerry (2003 and 2004), and was a member of the Kerry minor side beaten by

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in the 2003

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semi-final and of the team which lost to Tyrone in the 2004 final. He lined out with the Kerry Under 21's between 2005 and 2007.

2005 Kerry Juniors

Reidy was a member of the Kerry squad for the

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in 2005, starting at corner-back. Kerry defeated

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in the quarter-final of the

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. They then overcame

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in a replay to reach the final. However,

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, who subsequently won the All-Ireland championship, beat them in the final.

Senior career

Reidy made his

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debut in 2006, against Mayo. He first broke through onto the Kerry team in 2007, playing in that season's

. He made his championship debut against

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in the

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on 3 June 2007. He played in the corner-back spot vacated by Tom O'Sullivan, who moved to full-back following the retirement of Mike McCarthy. He won his first

title after over coming

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in the 2009 final. Reidy played at corner-back as Kerry beat Cork by 3–13 to 1–09. The victory made him the first Scartaglin player to win a senior All-Ireland with Kerry. He played in all of Kerry's

games in 2008, including the final loss to

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. At a club level, Reidy was a member of the team which won the East Kerry Intermediate championship. As a result, the club qualified for the East Kerry Senior Football Championship proper, reaching the semi-finals and almost beating Dr. Crokes in what was described as a "David and Goliath battle". At divisional level however, Reidy's St. Kieran's sides were knocked out in the second round of the

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by eventual champions Feale Rangers. As of 2008, Reidy had retained his number four jersey and was one of the starting corner-backs for Kerry in the 2008 National Football League.RTÉ Sport: Mayo 0–16 Kerry 1–12

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reidy, Padraig 1986 births Living people Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Scartaglin Gaelic footballers Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)