Brian Declan Lovett (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Kilmoyley and Ardfert and was also a member of the Kerry senior teams as a dual player.

Declan Lovett
Personal information
Irish name Déaglán Mac Lomhaid
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Right corner-forward
Hurling Position: Full-forward
Born 1944
Kilmoyley,
County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation Primary school principal
Club(s)
Years Club
Kilmoyley
Ardfert
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Kerry titles 0 5
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1964-1968
1962-1973
Kerry (SF)
Kerry (SH)
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Munster Titles 1 0
All-Ireland Titles 0 0
League titles 0 0

Career

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Born in Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Lovett first played Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College in Killarney. As a member of Kilmoyley GAA club, he joined the senior team while still a minor and won three successive Kerry SHC titles from 1962 to 1964. Lovett claimed further county honours in 1970 and 1971.

Lovett first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor football team that beat Mayo in the 1962 All-Ireland minor final.[1] He also made his first appearances with the Kerry junior hurling team that year. Lovett also spent four years in the under-21 grade as a Gaelic footballer and won an All-Ireland U21FC medal in 1964.[2][3]

Lovett first played for the senior team during the 1964–65 NFL. He later won consecutive Division 2 titles as a hurler in 1967 and 1968.[4] As a member of the Kerry junior football team, Lovett won an All-Ireland JFC medal after a defeat of London in 1967.[5] This victory resulted in him once again joining the senior team and he was an unused substitute when Down beat Kerry in the 1968 All-Ireland final.[6]

Personal life

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Lovett spent 41 years as a teacher at Kilmoyley NS. He became principal of the school in 1971 and retired in 2004.[7]

Honours

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Kilmoyley
Kerry

References

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  1. ^ "Minor football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ "1962 Munster U21 football finalists to be honoured". Hogan Stand. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Under-21 football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Meyler rousing Kerry's hurling passions". Irish Examiner. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Kerry profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Declan Lovett". Terrace Talk website. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Principal Declan says farewell in Kilmoyley". The Kerryman. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2023.