Kieran Bergin Explained

Kieran Bergin
Irish:Ciarán Ó Beirgín
Occupation:Student
Birth Date:25 January 1986
Birth Place:Clonmel, Ireland
Sport:Hurling
Code:Hurling
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Killenaule
Clyears:2003-
Clposition:Midfield
Counties:Tipperary
Icyears:2013-2017 (Hurling)
Icposition:Left half back
Icapps(Points):10 (0-7)
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:1

Kieran Bergin (born 23 January 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonmel Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2013. Bergin is a nephew of Jack Bergin, who was a Tipperary selector when they won the All-Ireland title in 2001, he is also a first cousin of former Galway Footballer Joe Bergin. Bergin has also played with the Tipperary senior football team and was part of the panel for the 2013 McGrath Cup. Bergin went to the United States to live in 2005 and spent five years living in New York City and two years in San Francisco before returning to Ireland in 2012.

Career

Bergin previously played minor hurling with Tipperary in 2003 and 2004 and won a Munster Minor Hurling Championship medal in 2003 from the midfield position.[1] He played for Dublin IT in the 2013 Fitzgibbon Cup where they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Mary Immaculate College.[2]

He joined the Tipperary hurling panel in April 2013 and made his senior debut on 5 May 2013, starting at right half back in the 0–20 to 2–17 2013 National Hurling League final defeat to Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.[3] [4] [5] [6]

On 9 June 2013, he made his championship debut aged 27, starting at right half back against Limerick in a 1–18 to 1–15 defeat.[7] [8]

On 4 September 2016, Bergin came on as a second-half substitute and won his first All-Ireland Senior hurling title when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in the final by 2–29 to 2-20.[9] [10]

In April 2017, Bergin withdrew from the Tipperary hurling panel due to work commitments.[11] On 11 May 2017, Bergin joined the Tipperary Senior football panel.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Long way to Tipperarys 35th title. The Independent. 15 May 2013 .
  2. Web site: Wooden it be nice to keep on rising. 19 December 2013. Daily Mirror. 19 December 2013.
  3. Web site: As it happened: Kilkenny v Tipperary – Allianz Division 1 hurling league final . 5 May 2013 . The Score . 15 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130507124250/http://www.thescore.ie/kilkenny-tipperary-live-division-1-896998-May2013/ . 7 May 2013 .
  4. Web site: Tipperary make five changes for Kilkenny showdown. 3 May 2013. RTE Sport. 15 May 2013 .
  5. Web site: Tipperary battle bravely, but lose to Kilkenny at a heaving Nowlan Park. 6 May 2013. Tipperary Star. 15 May 2013 .
  6. Web site: Kieran Bergin: I was a messer in America but I transformed my life when I returned home. 11 August 2015. Irish Independent. 11 August 2015.
  7. Web site: Limerick 1–18 Tipperary 1–15. 9 June 2013. RTE Sport. 10 June 2013 .
  8. Web site: 'Get up you fat pig, you better go for a run' – how Kieran Bergin kick-started his hurling career in 2013 . 19 December 2013 . The Score . 19 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219210452/http://www.thescore.ie/kieran-bergin-tipperary-debut-2013-1229373-Dec2013/ . 19 December 2013 .
  9. Web site: Tipperary 2-29 Kilkenny 2-20. 5 September 2016. Munster GAA. 6 September 2016.
  10. Web site: Analysis: How Tipperary finally overcame Kilkenny to claim All-Ireland senior hurling glory. 5 September 2016. The 42. 6 September 2016.
  11. Web site: Frustrated Kieran Bergin opts out of Tipperary squad. 27 April 2017. Irish Examiner. 27 April 2017.
  12. Web site: Tipperary All-Ireland winner joins county football squad 16 days after departing hurling panel. 12 May 2017. The 42. 12 May 2017.