Paddy Kennedy (1916-1979) was a Gaelic footballer from County Kerry who played for the county senior team between 1936 and 1947. He is regarded by many as one of the all-time greats of Kerry football and captained the Kerry side that beat Roscommon in the 1946 All-Ireland final. Across his career he won five senior All-Ireland medals, ten Munster senior championships and two Railway Cup medals, and he played in the 1947 final at the Polo Grounds in New York, which Kerry lost to Cavan. At club level he won a Kerry county championship with Kerins O'Rahillys and four Dublin county championships, three with Geraldines and one with the Garda club. Away from the field he served for a time in the Garda Síochána, later worked as a sales representative for a mineral water company and managed the Crystal Ballroom in Dublin. The Annascaul club's home ground, opened in 1984, is named Paddy Kennedy Memorial Park in his honour.
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Paddy Kennedy (1916-1979) was a Gaelic footballer from Kerry
Playing career, Inter-county, honours band
he won 5 Senior All Irelands
Playing career, Inter-county, titles
he won 5 Senior All Irelands
Competed In: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Honours
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 5: 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946
On The Roster Of: Kerry county football team, Playing career, Inter-county, team
Kennedy played 45 games for Kerry between 1936 and 1947
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