Killian Young Explained

Killian Young
Irish:Cillian de Shiún
Occupation:Bank Manager
Birth Date:4 January 1987
Birth Place:Reenard, Ireland
Height:1.830NaN0
Sport:Gaelic Football
Code:Football
County:Kerry
Province:Munster
Club:Renard GAA
Clyears:1995-
Clposition:Centre back
Clcounty:3
Counties:Kerry
Icyears:2006-2019
Icposition:Left half back
Icapps(Points):45
Icprovince:9
Icallireland:4
Nfl:2

Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard GAA, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 2006 to 2019.

Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O'Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.[1] He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals Cork in the final. In 2010, he captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC in the final.

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  1. Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at Web site: RTÉ Sport: Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11 . . 2008-05-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080506124310/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0503/kerry_kildare.html . 2008-05-06 . . Accessed 24 May 2008.