Luke Keaney
![]() Luke in action against Antrim in the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship | |||
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Lúcas Ó Cianaigh[1] | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Born | (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2008–2017 | The Four Masters | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2010–2013 2013–2014 | UCD Ulster University | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2011–2014 | Donegal | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 1 | ||
All Stars | 2014 College All Star |
Luke Keaney (born 1992) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Four Masters and was involved with the Donegal county team for ten years.[2] He is from Donegal Town.[2]
Keaney played in the 2013 Dr McKenna Cup.[3][4] He made his league debut against Dublin in Ballybofey in the final game of the 2013 National Football League.[5][6] He studied at and played for UCD.[7][8][9]
He also played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan in the 2013 Ulster final.[10]
He was part of the team that won the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship and then reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, but was an unused substitute in that game.
He was still playing for Four Masters in 2016, a year in which he helped his club to a 2–17 to 0–4 win with a goal and a point which he scored from a distance of 50 metres.[11]
In 2017, Keaney had multiple surgeries for injuries which brought his playing career to an end.[2]
Honours
- Donegal
References
- ^ "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "Keaney takes aim at county board". Donegal News. 12 December 2019. p. 79.
Ex-Donegal star Luke Keaney has revealed he was shunned by his own county board when it came to medical expenses for a spate of complicated hip surgeries. Speaking on Wednesday morning's Off the Ball AM, Keaney (27) explained that when he underwent a series of operations for what would prove to be career-ending injuries in 2017, he received no support whatsoever from his own county board… In a candid discussion, the Donegal Town native revealed he eventually sought the help of a counsellor… 'I played 10-years, from 15 to 25, for Donegal and you still love it, but it is a bit sour'…
- ^ McNulty, Chris (January 2013). "Experimental Donegal for McKenna Cup". Donegal News. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "GAA FT: Donegal 1–14 v St Mary's 2–10". Donegal Now. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Donegal 1–10 Dublin 0–13". RTÉ Sport. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Keys, Colm (9 April 2013). "Donegal — the only team to embrace the drop". Irish Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "President of the University, Dr. Hugh Brady announced the names of the 28 first year sports scholarship recipients for the 2010/2011 academic year".
- ^ "UCD against St Patrick's Palmerstown in the Evening Herald Senior Football Championship 1st Round tie at the Iveagh Grounds". Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Louth v UCD — Bórd na Móna O'Byrne Cup Group A". 6 January 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Ulster U21 Final Live: Donegal 1–06 v Cavan 0–13". Donegal Now. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
Ciaran Cannon has been brought on as a blood sub for Luke Keaney… Luke Keaney has come back on for Donegal.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (21 June 2016). "Who was your Anthony Conaghan Cars Player of the Week?". Retrieved 21 June 2016.
External links
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- Luke Keaney on Twitter
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- 1 P. Durcan
- 2 E. McGee
- 3 N. McGee
- 4 P. McGrath
- 5 A. Thompson
- 6 K. Lacey
- 7 F. McGlynn
- 8 N. Gallagher
- 9 O. Mac Niallais
- 26 R. Kavanagh
- 11 L. McLoone
- 12 R. McHugh
- 17 D. O'Connor
- 14 M. Murphy (c)
- 15 C. McFadden
- Subs used
- 10 C. Toye for O'Connor
- 13 P. McBrearty for McHugh
- 24 M. McElhinney for Mac Niallais
- 18 Dav. Walsh for McLoone
- 20 D. Molloy for Kavanagh
- Subs not used
- 16 M. Boyle
- 19 Dec. Walsh
- 21 H. McFadden
- 22 L. Thompson
- 23 L. Keaney
- 25 M. O'Reilly
- Manager
- J. McGuinness
- Selectors
- D. Diver
- J. Duffy
- P. McGonigle