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Ned Kirby

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Edmond Ned Kirby, born in 1949, is a retired Gaelic footballer and hurler from County Cork. At club level he played football with Grange, where his career spanned four decades and included the 1979 Cork Junior Football Championship, and hurling with Blackrock, with whom he won a City junior hurling title in 1973. He played both codes at St Colman's College and won an All-Ireland minor football medal in 1967, playing at full-forward against Laois, and an All-Ireland Under-21 football medal in 1970. He made his Cork senior debut in the 1969 to 1970 National Football League, won three Munster senior football medals, and played at right wing-forward in the 1973 All-Ireland final, which Cork won against Galway.

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  • Lead, birth year
    Edmond Kirby (born 1949)
  • Plays: Gaelic Football, Lead
    is a retired Gaelic footballer and hurler
  • Plays: Hurling, Career, club
    Kirby also played hurling with Blackrock, and was part of their City JAHC title-winning team in 1973.
  • On The Roster Of: Cork county football team, Lead
    at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior football team
  • Competed In: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Career, 1973 final
    Kirby was at right wing-forward for the 3-17 to 2-13 win over Galway in the 1973 All-Ireland final.
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