Colm Kennelly

Colm Kennelly lived from 1933 to 12 January 1999 and was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Ballylongford, at divisional level with Shannon Rangers and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team, usually as a defender. He first came to prominence with the Kerry minor team and won an All-Ireland Minor Championship in 1950. Drafted onto the Kerry senior team in 1952, he was a regular for five seasons, winning three consecutive Munster titles and All-Ireland titles in 1953 and, as a substitute, in 1955. He also played for Munster. Born in Ballylongford, he was the brother of the writer Brendan Kennelly, graduated in engineering from Trinity College Dublin and later served as county engineer for Kerry County Council.