| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Connie Kelly | |
| Irish: | Conchur Ó Ceallaigh |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 0 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Cloughduv Canovee → Muskerry |
| Clcountyf: | 1 |
| Clcountyh: | 0 |
| Counties: | Cork (SH) Cork (SF) |
| Icposition: | Centre-forward |
| Icyears: | 1971 1971 |
| Icapps(Points): | 1 (0–07) 1 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nfl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Cloughduv, County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 5 April 1985 (aged 36) |
| Death Place: | Farnanes, County Cork, Ireland |
Cornelius Kelly (1949 – 5 April 1985) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. He played with club sides Cloughduv and Canovee, divisional side Muskerry and at inter-county level with the Cork senior teams.
Kelly first played hurling with the Cloughduv minor team that won three successive divisional titles in the mid-1960s. He soon progressed to adult level and won a Cork JFC title with sister club Canovee in 1968.[1] Kelly was the championship's top scorer when he added a Cork JHC title to his collection in 1970.[2] He was also a member of the Muskerry divisional teams as a dual player that year and, after losing the SHC final, won a Cork SFC medal after a defeat of Nemo Rangers.[3] [4] Kelly enjoyed further club success when Canovee-Cloughduv completed an intermediate double in 1973. He ended his club career with a second Cork IHC title in 1983.
Kelly first played for Cork as a substitute on the minor team that lost the 1966 All-Ireland minor final to Wexford. He was again eligible for the minor grade the following year and won an All-Ireland MHC medal from left wing-forward when Wexford were beaten.[5] Kelly's performances at club level resulted in a call-up to the under-21 team and he scored 2-07 when Wexford were beaten in the 1970 All-Ireland under-21 final replay.[6] He was drafted onto the Cork senior teams as a dual player for the respective 1971 championships an won a Munster SFC medal after a defeat of Kerry.[7] [8] A recurring back problem resulted in Kelly's inter-county career coming to a premature end.
Kelly was educated at Pallaskenry Agricultural College in County Limerick and worked on the family farm in Farnanes, County Cork. He died suddenly on 5 April 1985, at the age of 36.[9]
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1967, 1970
1971
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1966, 1967