| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Seán Kelly | |
| Irish: | Seán Ó Ceallaigh |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 10 |
| Occupation: | Civil servant |
| County: | Kerry |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Kilcummin Civil Service |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Kerry |
| Icposition: | Full-forward |
| Icyears: | 1952-1954 |
| Icapps(Points): | 10 (4-13) |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nfl: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Kilcummin, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 10 August 2012 (aged 87) |
| Death Place: | Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland |
Seán Kelly (1925 – 10 August 2012), also known as Seán Ó Ceallaigh, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Dingle and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.
Kelly first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer with St. Brendan's College in the Munster Colleges Championship, before later lining out at club level with Kilcummin and the Civil Service club in Dublin.[1] His inter-county career began as a 27-year-old when he was first selected for the Kerry senior football team in 1952. Kelly won his only All-Ireland Championship title after lining out at full-forward in a defeat of Armagh in 1953. His other honours include two Munster Championship titles and inclusion on the Munster team for the Railway Cup.[2] [3]
Born and raised in Kilcummin, County Kerry, Kelly moved to Dublin to work as a civil servant at the age of 18. Living in Clontarf, he later became Secretary-General of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.[4] Kelly married Eileen O'Hanrahan and they had seven children. His daughter, Fionnuala, married Enda Kenny who served as Taoiseach from 2011 until 2016.[5] His nephew, also Seán Kelly, has served as a Member of the European Parliament.[6]
Kelly died after a brief illness at the Bon Secours Hospital in Glasnevin on 10 August 2012.
1953, 1954