Kevin McConnell

Kevin McConnell, born in Castletown, County Meath, in 1924 and died on 16 April 2009, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back at senior level for the Meath county team. Introduced to Gaelic football in his youth, he won a championship medal with Castletown during the years when competitions were curtailed by the Emergency, and later won three championship medals with Syddan. He became a regular on the Meath senior team during the 1945 championship, played a key role in a golden age for the county and won two All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and two National League medals, and was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. A member of the Leinster inter-provincial team, he won four Railway Cup medals, and he retired from inter-county football after the 1955 championship. He later served as chairman of Castletown and as a Meath County Board delegate.