Aidan O'Mahony

Aidan O'Mahony

Infobox GAA player |

name =Aidan O'Mahony
irish =
placeofbirth=County Kerry
countryofbirth=Ireland
dob=
sport=Gaelic football
code=Football
county=Kerry
province=Munster
clposition=Full Back
club=Rathmore
clyears=? -Present
clapps(points)=
clcounty=
clprovince=
clubs=Rathmore
counties=Kerry
icposition=Wing-back/Centre-back
icyears= 2004- Present
icapps(points)=21 (0-5)
icprovince=
icallireland=3
allstars=2
icupdate=(00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC))
clupdate=(00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC))
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Aidan O'Mahony is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kerry senior football team. He has been described as one of the finest defenders of his generation. [http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/standards-dive-as-omahony-heaps-pressure-on-kingdom-1463101.html] O'Mahony is a Garda Síochána.

O'Mahony made his debut for the Kerry senior football team in 2004. He was on the starting team on the 2004 All-Ireland winning team against Mayo. He repeated the performance with in the 2006 All-Ireland final which was also against Mayo. Kerry dominated the game, and Mayo were defeated easily by a scoreline of 4-15 to 3-05, and O'Mahony picked up the RTÉ Man of the Match Award for his marking of Ciaran MacDonald and scoring of 2 points. He won further All-Ireland medals in 2006 and 2007, gaining an All-Star in each of those years. [ [http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/o-se-brothers-create-stunning-p.html-of-gaa-history-with-their-all-star-success-1200169.html O Se brothers create stunning piece of GAA history with their All Star success - Gaelic Football, Sport - Independent.ie ] ] . O'Mahony has two National Football league medals for Kerry from 2004 and 2005. He has also won the Munster club championship with his club Rathmore.

In 2008, O'Mahony again played an important part as Kerry reached the All-Ireland final, defeating Cork in the semi-final. Many Cork fans were angered by O'Mahony's role in the sending off of Cork forward Donnacha O'Connor. [http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/wholestory.aspx-qqqg=sections-qqqm=gaa-qqqa=general-qqqtt=af2-qqqc=5.4.9.0-qqqn=1-qqqx=1.asp] His collapse to the ground after O'Connor slapped him was described as a deliberate dive. [http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/wholestory.aspx-qqqg=sections-qqqm=gaa-qqqa=general-qqqtt=af2-qqqc=5.4.9.0-qqqn=1-qqqx=1.asp]

References

External links

* [http://www.eastkerrygaa.com/current-profile.htm Profile of Aidan O'Mahony]


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