Ger Reidy (Irish: Gearóid Ó Riada)[citation needed] is a former Gaelic footballer who, between 2009 and 2010, was a member of the Kerry senior football team. At club level, he was a goalkeeper for Castleisland Desmonds.
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Reidy made his intercounty debut in a National League fixture versus Donegal in Austin Stack Park, Tralee. He went on to play in 3 further matches in Kerry's ultimately successful 2009 Allianz National Football League Division 1 campaign against Derry, Westmeath and Galway conceding only one goal (to Galway).[1]
For Kerry's 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship campaign, he was substitute goalkeeper and although he made no appearance, as a member of the winning squad, he gained his first All Ireland Senior Football medal.
Following the retirement of Diarmuid Murphy, Reidy was tipped as a front runner for the No 1 shirt and started out the year by winning a McGrath Cup medal when Kerry overcame UCC in the final.[citation needed] He lined out for Kerry against Dublin in the opening match of the 2010 NFL campaign. However, on 10 March 2010, he announced his resignation from the Kerry squad.[citation needed]
In October 2010, Reidy was part of the Castleisland Desmonds squad who would go on to win RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoir competition, beating Ballymun Kickhams in the final at Parnell Park, Dublin.[2]
In 2012, Reidy was goalkeeper for Kingdom Kerry Gaels, a Senior London side based in the north of the city. He was a member of the squad that lost the London Senior Football Final in Ruislip against rivals Tir Chonaill Gaels.[3] He later played for Castleisland Desmonds in County Kerry.[citation needed]
Achievements
edit- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2009
- Allianz National Football League Div.1, 2009
- McGrath Cup 2010
- North Kerry Senior Football Championship, 2007
- RTÉ Celebrity Bainisteoir, 2010
References
edit- ↑ "Ger Reidy, Kerry GAA | Player Profile | GAAinfo.com - Information, Results and Clubs". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ "Reidy quits Kerry panel". independent.ie. 10 March 2010.
- ↑ "# 438 Tir Chonaill Gaels take London championship - GaelicSportsCast". 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.