Kevin Bonner is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...

er who has played for the Dublin county team. The son of Donegal footballing legend

Seamus Bonner Seamus Bonner (6 November 1948 – 11 October 2012) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for various clubs, as well as for the Donegal county team. Bonner played 129 games for his county between 1972 and 1985, initially in midfield and la ...

, he plays his club football for St Brigid's.

Career

Early years: 2006 - 2008

Bonner made his championship debut for Dublin against

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in the quarter final against and continued in the starting line-up against

Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 ...

in the 2006 Leinster Senior Football Championship. He was on Dublin's winning side in the 2006 Leinster Senior Football Championship final. Although he made his first appearance for the Dublin Senior team against UCD in the

O'Byrne Cup The Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954. The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, ...

when Dublin defeated UCD by a scoreline of 2-15 to 2–7. he finished the game with a scoreline of 1-01. He went on to complete his first term in the O'Byrne Cup with a scoreline of 1-07 and he finished the 2006

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with 0-01. Bonner received a suspension of eight weeks following the controversial 2006 National League match between Dublin and Tyrone, a game which resulted in disciplinary action against 9 players involved in the game. Kevin Bonner,

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Bryan Cullen Bryan Cullen (born 7 April 1984) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-forward at senior level for the Dublin county team. Cullen announced his retirement on 9 January 2015. He stated 'I would like to extend my sincer ...

and

Alan Brogan Alan Brogan (born 11 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who played for the Dublin county team from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He can play in the full forward line but usually played cent ...

were all exonerated from all charges along with the Tyrone trio of Kevin Hughes, Michael McGee and

Owen Mulligan Owen "Mugsy" Mulligan (born 1981) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Cookstown Fr. Rock's club and for the Tyrone county team. He helped Tyrone win the 2003, 2005 and 2008 All-Ireland Finals. His talent on the pitch marked him o ...

. The official reason given for the exoneration was stated as 'a technicality'. He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at

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in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois. He scored the winning goal for Dublin in extra time. Bonner scored 1-06 for Dublin during their 2007 campaign in Division 1

Bonner had his first appearance for Dublin in the

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against Laois at

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. He was on the St Brigid's team who lost the Dublin SFC final in Parnell Park to St Vincent's (who eventually won the All-Ireland competition). Kevin was on Dublin's winning team for the

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winning team which defeated Longford in the final.HILL 16
/ref> Kevin scored 0-01 in the game which saw Dublin defeat Longford by 2-12 to 1-14 at

Parnell Park Parnell Park is a GAA stadium in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland with a capacity of 8,500. It is the home of the Dublin GAA hurling, football, camogie and ladies' football teams at all levels of competition. The ground is used by Dublin's int ...

Later years: 2009 -

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers St Brigid's (Dublin) Gaelic footballers People educated at St. Declan's College, Dublin {{Dublin-gaelic-football-bio-stub