Kieran McKeever
Kieran McKeever (born 12 March 1968) is a former dual player of Gaelic games who played Gaelic football and hurling for Derry during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He is chiefly known as a footballer and was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also won Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1993 and 1998. With Derry footballers he usually played at corner-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders and tightest markers to have played the game.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ciarán Mac Íomhair | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Right Corner Back | ||
| Hurling Position: | Half forward | ||
| Born |
12 March 1968 County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Occupation | Joiner | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Dungiven Kevin Lynch's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Derry titles | 3 | 5/6/7/8? | |
| Ulster titles | 1 | - | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1988–2001 | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Ulster Titles | 2 | 2 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | - | |
| League titles | 4 | - | |
| All-Stars | 1 | - | |
In 2000 McKeever became the first Ulster player to be nominated for All Stars in both football and hurling in the same season. He won the football All Star, but narrowly missed out on the hurling accolade. Had he have won the double All Star, he would have become only the second player ever after Cork legend Ray Cummins to win both awards in the same year.
He has won Irish News Ulster All-Star awards and was named right-corner back on the Irish News Team of the Decade in 2004. The public voted him onto the All-Time Derry Football Team via an online poll in 2007. McKeever played club football with St. Canice's GAC Dungiven and club hurling with Kevin Lynchs.