Johnny Buckley (31 July 1989) is a Gaelic footballer from Killarney, County Kerry. He has played with Kerry at every level and plays with the Dr Crokes club.
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| Born | 31 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Coach Tour Operator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He first played with the Kerry minor team in 2006, winning the Munster championship and later played in the All-Ireland final loss to Roscommon. He was underage again in 2007 but had little success. He moved to the Under 21 team in 2008, winning Munster and All Ireland medals.[citation needed]
At club level he has 7 Kerry County championships . He has also won 5 Munster club titles between 2006 and 2018. He has also won a number of County league Div 1, County club championship and East Kerry championship titles. With UCC, he won both Sigerson Cup and Cork County football titles in 2011.[citation needed]
On St Patrick's Day 2017 he captained Dr. Crokes to their second ever All Ireland Senior Club title and he lifted the Andy Merrigan Cup jointly with a young Dr. Crokes supporter Amy O'Connor, who had been battling cancer.[1]
References
edit- ↑ "GAA superfan Amy O'Connor passes away after cancer battle". www.irishexaminer.com. 25 February 2018.
External links
edit- http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/735/Johnny-Buckley/Minor
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100210054810/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/mf_teams/
- http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sfclub_teams/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190328115822/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21f_teams/
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