Mark McKeever | |
Irish: | Marcas Mac Íomhar |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Icposition: | Half back/half forward |
Birth Date: | 1984 2, df=yes |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 11 |
Occupation: | Postman |
Clubs: | Gowna |
Code: | Football |
County: | Cavan |
Clcounty: | 4 |
Province: | Ulster |
Icyears: | 2003–2015 |
Counties: | Cavan |
Mark McKeever (born 11 February 1984) in an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Gowna and was a member of the Cavan county team from 2003 to 2015.
McKeever was selected for the Irish under-17 International Rules Series squad in 2001,[1] and was named Ireland's player of the series.[2]
McKeever won his first senior championship as a 15 year-old in 1999 as a member of the panel, and played in the winning finals of 2000 and 2002.[3] In this time Gowna also lost finals in 2001 and 2007.[4] [5]
It would be fourteen years before Gowna reached another county final, facing Ramor United in the 2021 final. Ramor came out on top after a replay.[6] McKeever and Gowna returned to the final in 2022, and at the age of 38 McKeever won his fourth senior championship with defeat of Killygarry.[7] [8]
McKeever made his Cavan senior debut as a 19 year-old in 2003,[9] scoring a point against Antrim in the Ulster championship.[10] McKeever played in the Ulster Under-21 finals of 2002 and 2005, losing to Tyrone and Down respectively.[11] McKeever played with Cavan for 13 years, but never won a medal with the team.[12]
McKeever retired from inter-county football at the end of the 2015 season.[13]
Gowna