Scoil Mhuire Kilvemnon

Eoin Kelly
visited our school in June 2006. Eoin comes from our parish and is 'Our local Hero'.
He told us all about Fair Play in sport. He is a great role model for us.
The school did a project on Eoin. This was entered into the Irish Independent competition 'Our Local Hero'.

Click here to read our Project about Eoin Kelly 'Our Local Hero'.
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Eoin was born on January 6, 1982 and he plays for the club in Mullinahone. He won a National Hurling League medal, Munster Senior Hurling medal and an All-Ireland medal in 2001. Eoin made his Senior championship debut vs. Galway in the 2000 All-Ireland Quarter-Final. He won an All-Ireland Colleges medal with St. Kieran's of Kilkenny in 2000 and has 2 Munster Minor medals - 1997 and 1999 and 2 Munster Under 21 medals in 1999 and 2003 (as captain). Eoin won a National Hurling League medal, Munster Senior Hurling medal and an All-Ireland medal in 2001 at corner-forward. He is a versatile player. In 2000, he doubled up as sub-goalie and sub-forward vs. Galway.

Eoin has played in goal for the Tipp minors and Mullinahone is the past but is better known as an excellent forward, one of the best in the modern game.His brother is fellow Tipp panelist Paul Kelly. Eoin won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 2001 and captained Munster in the 2006 semi-final defeat to Connacht, scoring 1-6 in the process. Eoin is 5 feet 11 inches in height and weighed 12 stone, 6 pounds for the 2001 All-Ireland Final.

This is a photo of Eoin Kelly visiting our school

In 2001, he won an All-Star award at corner-forward and also won the Eircell Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year. He repeated both of these feats in 2002 and won his fourth All-Star in 2005. Eoin won a County Senior Hurling medal with his club Mullinahone in 2002, scoring 2-7 in the replay and winning the man of the match award. He later studied civil engineering at Limerick Institute of Technology and graduated in 2006. He won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with the college in 2005 as team captain. Eoin finished a credible third behind team mate Brendan Cummins in the 2006 All-Ireland Poc Fada Final in the Cooley Mountains.
Championship debut - 2000 vs. Galway
Number of Appearances - 29
Scored - 9-172

Eoin Kelly with the Liam McCarthy Cup in 2001