Conal Keaney
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| Irish: | |
| Date of birth | |
| Sport | Gaelic Football |
| Position | Full Forward |
| Club | Ballyboden St Endas |
| County team | Dublin |
| Years active | 2005 - |
| Appearances | |
| Scores | |
| Provincial titles | 1 |
| All-Irelands | 0 |
| All-Stars | |
- For more details of the GAA in Dublin, see Dublin GAA, Dublin GAA/Honours and Dublin Senior Club Football Championship.
Football Career
He was part of the Dublin side that won the U-21 all-Ireland Football Championship in 2003. He made his senior debut for Dublin Football during the 2005 NFL campaign. Keaney was announced in the International Rules team to play in Australia but had to opt out due to an ankle injury. In first full term as a Dublin football player in 2005, he was part of the Dublin team that won the Leinster Senior football Championship against Laois.2006
Despite a late return to county football in the 2006 national football league he finished the league as the second highest scorer with a score of 2-12 (0-6f). In his opening game in the Championship for Dublin in the Leinster Senior football Championship quarter final, he is regarded as single handedly winning the game for Dublin. In what proved to be a poor Dublin performance, Keaney scored a 0-8 (0-6f) against Longford in a game that sent Dublin into the Leinster Senior Football Semi-Final against Laois in Croke Park. His form continued against Laois as Keaney added another 0-06 (2f), as Dublin strolled into the Leinster final. Conal Keaney (for football) and Cork hurling star John Gardiner were named as the Vodafone Players of the Month for June 2006.Hurling
Keaney is also renowned as a great hurling player and was a dual-county player for Dublin, he decided to concentrate on Gaelic Football in 2005, and opted out of the Dublin Hurling squad in 2005. This dealt a double blow to the Dublin Hurling squad as David O'Callaghan made a similar decision.External Links
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