Keith Higgins

Keith Higgins, known in Irish as Ceiteach Ó hUiginn, is an Irish sportsman and Gaelic football manager who has played both Gaelic football and hurling for Ballyhaunis and Mayo GAA, the latter until his retirement in January 2021. In 2006 he was the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year, and he captained both the Mayo under-21 football and hurling teams to All-Ireland Championships. Injury ruled him out of the 2007 championship. He represented Mayo at senior level in both codes and won a Railway Cup medal with Connacht in hurling in 2005, and in 2014 he became the first Connacht player to win both football and hurling Railway Cups. Hurling is his first love and he plays it for Ballyhaunis. In 2005 he won a Christy Ring Cup All Star with Mayo, and in 2006 he was voted Cadbury's Hero of the Future.