Niall Sheehy

Niall Sheehy

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	Tralee, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
1950's-1970's	John Mitchels
Club titles
Kerry titles	7
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1958-1965	Kerry	26
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	6
All-Irelands	2
NFL	1

Niall Sheehy was a Gaelic footballer from Tralee, County Kerry. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club John Mitchels, he also played hurling with Austin Stacks. He was also a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from the 1958 until 1965, where he was nicknamed "Eusébio" for his kicking ability.^[1] He also played hurling with Kerry. His father was the great John Joe Sheehy. His brothers - Seán Óg and Paudie - both won All-Ireland titles with Kerry in the 1960s. Sheehy captained Kerry to the All-Ireland final in 1964, but lost out to Galway.^[2] He also won an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal in 1961, Kerry's first All Ireland Hurling title since 1891, as well as 4 National Hurling League Div 2 titles.

At club level Sheehy was part of the famed John Mitchels team of the 1950s and 1960s, winning seven Kerry Senior Football Championships (1952, five in a row from 1959 to 1963 and again in 1966).

References

1. "Tyrone and Dooher laid down a big marker last weekend". The Irish Times. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
2. Flynn, Niall (2009). 36 and Counting...Kerry's Football Story to 2009. Trafford Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4269-2070-7.