D. J. Kane

D.J. Kane, born in 1964 in Newry, County Down, is a former Gaelic footballer from Northern Ireland. He played his club football with Newry Mitchels before moving to Newry Shamrocks, and he was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1980s until the 1990s. Kane captained Down to the All-Ireland senior football title in 1994, having also been part of the county's 1991 All-Ireland winning side, and he received an All-Star award in 1994. His honours also include two Ulster senior football championships in 1991 and 1994, three Railway Cup medals between 1993 and 1995, and two Sigerson Cups in 1986 and 1987, the second as captain. His brother Val was a substitute on the Down team that won the All-Ireland title in 1968, and D.J. is the uncle of the Irish actress Valene Kane.