Code: | Hurling |
Declan Lovett | |
Irish: | Déaglán Mac Lomhaid |
Birth Date: | 1944 |
Birth Place: | Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Ireland |
Occupation: | Primary school principal |
County: | Kerry |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Kilmoyley Ardfert |
Clcountyh: | 5 |
Clcountyf: | 0 |
Counties: | Kerry (SF) Kerry (SH) |
Icpositionh: | Full-forward |
Icpositionf: | Right corner-forward |
Icyears: | 1964-1968 1962-1973 |
Icprovincef: | 1 |
Icprovinceh: | 0 |
Icallirelandh: | 0 |
Icallirelandf: | 0 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Brian Declan Lovett (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Kilmoyley and Ardfert and was also a member of the Kerry senior teams as a dual player.
Born in Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Lovett first played Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College in Killarney. As a member of Kilmoyley GAA club, he joined the senior team while still a minor and won three successive Kerry SHC titles from 1962 to 1964. Lovett claimed further county honours in 1970 and 1971.
Lovett first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor football team that beat Mayo in the 1962 All-Ireland minor final.[1] He also made his first appearances with the Kerry junior hurling team that year. Lovett also spent four years in the under-21 grade as a Gaelic footballer and won an All-Ireland U21FC medal in 1964.[2] [3]
Lovett first played for the senior team during the 1964–65 NFL. He later won consecutive Division 2 titles as a hurler in 1967 and 1968.[4] As a member of the Kerry junior football team, Lovett won an All-Ireland JFC medal after a defeat of London in 1967.[5] This victory resulted in him once again joining the senior team and he was an unused substitute when Down beat Kerry in the 1968 All-Ireland final.[6]
Lovett spent 41 years as a teacher at Kilmoyley NS. He became principal of the school in 1971 and retired in 2004.[7]
1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971