Terry Kearns (1945 – 15 October 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St Vincent's and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Meath county team.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Traolach O Ciaráin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1945 Ardcath, County Meath, Ireland | ||
| Died |
15 October 2020 (aged 75) Bellewstown, County Meath, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Vincent's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Meath titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Meath | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Playing career edit
A member of the St Vincent's club in Ardcath, County Meath, Kearns was full-back with the Meath minor football team for three successive seasons from 1961 until 1963.[3] He was centre-back on the county's junior team that won the Leinster Junior Championship in 1964, before joining the under-21 team the following year. Kearns first played for the Meath senior team in a challenge game in December 1964; however, it would be 1967 before he became a regular member of the team. That year he claimed his first Leinster Senior Championship medal before winning an All-Ireland Championship medal at midfield after a 1-9 to 0-9 defeat of Cork in the final.[4] Kearns won a second Leinster Senior Championship medal in 1970; however, Meath were subsequently beaten by Kerry in the All-Ireland final.
Honours edit
- Meath
References edit
- ^ "Meath All-Ireland winner Terry Kearns dies aged 75". Irish Times. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Meath GAA mourns All-Ireland winner Terry Kearns". Irish Examiner. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Kearns has lorry load of memories". Drogheda Independent. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "The Men of '67: Terry Kearns". Hogan Stand. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2020.