James Kielt

James Kielt (Irish: Séamas Ó Caoilte) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He plays his club football for Pádraig Pearse's Kilrea. He plays as a forward for both club and county.

James Kielt
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó Caoilte
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right Half Forward
Born 1989 (age 30–31)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
2006-
 Kilrea
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2009-
 Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Playing career

Club

Kielt had a very successful underage career with Kilrea.

Inter-county

Kielt was captain of the Derry Minor team which were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county. The following year he reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship with Derry Under 21s, but they were also defeated.

In 2009 he was drafted into the Derry Senior side. Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry.[1] Kielt made his ChampionshipA debut later that year in the Ulster Championship against Monaghan.

College

Kielt has also been playing for Queens University Belfast since 2007/08. The university finished runners-up to Donegal in the 2009 Dr. McKenna Cup.

Honours

Inter-county

Senior
  • National Football League:
    • Runner-up: 2009
  • Dr. McKenna Cup
    • winner 2011 (Derry0:
    • Runners-up: 2009 (with QUB)
    • Ulster Senior football championship

winner (0) runner up (!) 2011

Under-21
  • Ulster Under-21 Football Championship:
    • Runner up: 2008

Minor

Club

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References
  1. Heaney, Paddy (1 May 2009). "No substitute to winning for the Kingdom". The Irish News. p. 62.

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