Killian Spillane is a

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er who plays for the

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club and the Kerry county team. Killian Spillane is the son of Tom. His uncles Mick and Pat also played for Kerry, as has his brother

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Inter-county

Minor

Spillane first played for Kerry in the 2013 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He won a

Munster Minor Football Championship The Munster Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Munster in Ireland. It is ...

after beating Tipperary in the final. His side later lost out to Tyrone in the All-Ireland semi-final. He was underage again for the 2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He won a second Munster title by overcoming

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in the final scoring seven points in the final. Kerry qualified a first All-Ireland minor final since 2006 when they took on Donegal. Spillane scored five points as Kerry won the title for the first time since 1994.

Under 21

He joined the Kerry Under 21 team in 2016. Despite many of the 2014 MFC winning team Kerry lost out to Cork in the Munster final. He was back again in 2017 and again faced Cork in the Munster final. He scored five points as Kerry won the first Munster Under 21 title since 2008. They suffered a disappointing loss to

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in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Junior

Spillane joined the Kerry Junior team in 2015. He joined the panel for the All-Ireland semi-final with

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, scoring a goal as a sub. He started in the All-Ireland final with Mayo, he scored two points as Kerry won the title for the first time since 2012. He was back with the Junior team in 2017 as captain. He won his first Munster Junior title after overcoming

in the final. Kerry faced

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in the final, in a game where Spillane scored three points to help his side to win and pick up a second All Ireland JFC title.

Senior

In the 2021 Munster final Spillane scored 0–2 as Kerry beat Cork 4–22 to 1–9. In the 2022 Munster final he scored 1–3 as Kerry beat Limerick 1–28 to 0–8. In the

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he came off the bench at half time and scored 0–2 as Kerry beat Galway 0–20 to 0–16.

Career Statistics

: ''As of match played 24 July 2022''

Honours

;Kerry *

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the ...

(1): 2022 *

Munster Senior Football Championship The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...

(2): 2021, 2022 *

Munster Junior Football Championship The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster GAA, Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination ...

(1): 2017 (C) *

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(2): 2015, 2017 (C) *

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(1): 2017 *

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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under ...

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;Templenoe * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1) 2019 *

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(1) 2019 * Kerry Junior Football Championship (1) 2015 *

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(1) 2015 *

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(1) 2016 * Kerry Novice Football Championship (1) 2013 ;Kenmare District Team *

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Runner-Up 2016 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship Winner 2017 ;University College Cork *

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. T ...

(1) 2019

References

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Killian Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name . The name was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois (France) and Franconia (Germany) and the author of the life of St Brigid. The na ...

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