Peter O'Leary (Kerry GAA)
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Peter O'Leary was a Gaelic football
Goalkeeper
from Co Kerry
. He played with the Kerry
senior them for 10 years manly in the National League but also played 6 Championship games. He was part of the Kerry
team that were shocked by Clare
in the 1992 Munster Football final. He won 2 All Ireland Senior medals as a sub in 1997 and 2000. He also won a National League medal as a sub in 1997. He had much success at under age level with Kerry
winning an All Ireland minor medal in 1988 and an Under 21 medal in 1990.
He played his club football with the Killarney Legion
club and had great success. During his playing days Legion
became one of the top clubs in Kerry winning a County League Div1 title in 1993 and a Club Championship title in 1994 with O'Leary part of the team. In 2005 he help his team win the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
for the first time.
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...
from Co Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
. He played with the Kerry
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...
senior them for 10 years manly in the National League but also played 6 Championship games. He was part of the Kerry
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...
team that were shocked by Clare
Clare GAA
The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. The county board is also responsible for the Clare inter-county teams....
in the 1992 Munster Football final. He won 2 All Ireland Senior medals as a sub in 1997 and 2000. He also won a National League medal as a sub in 1997. He had much success at under age level with Kerry
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...
winning an All Ireland minor medal in 1988 and an Under 21 medal in 1990.
He played his club football with the Killarney Legion
Killarney Legion
Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929 when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney .-Recent history:In the 2007 Kerry Senior Football...
club and had great success. During his playing days Legion
Killarney Legion
Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929 when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney .-Recent history:In the 2007 Kerry Senior Football...
became one of the top clubs in Kerry winning a County League Div1 title in 1993 and a Club Championship title in 1994 with O'Leary part of the team. In 2005 he help his team win the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
This is a competition organized by Kerry GAA for clubs that are not good enough to play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. The winners usually play Senior in the years after they win this competition. The winners also represent Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship....
for the first time.