Mickey Kearins

Mickey Kearins, born on 18 April 1943, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played senior football for the Sligo county team for 17 years, from 1961 until 1978. In 1971 he became the first Sligo man to win an All-Star, and he remains the only Sligo player to win a Cú Chulainn Award, taking it three years running from 1964 to 1966. In 1975 he helped Sligo win the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time since 1928. He played for Connacht in the Railway Cup, winning titles in 1967 and 1969, and for his club St Patrick's Dromard he won seven Sligo Senior Football Championships. For many decades he was the top scorer in National Football League history, until David Tubridy took the record in May 2021. He later managed the Sligo under-21 county team, and his brother James also played for and managed Sligo.