Kevin Casey (1976 – 3 January 2017) was an Irish radio presenter, who primarily worked for

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Personal life

Casey was born in

Killarney Killarney ( ; , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Killar ...

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, and played for

Glenflesk GAA The East Kerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association caters for 13 Gaelic football clubs and 1 hurling club in the East Kerry division of the GAA county of Kerry. History Early years The East Kerry Board was founded in 1925 following ...

. He died on 3 January 2017 of

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. He had a wife and three children. His death was announced by

on 4 January 2017.

Career

Casey worked primarily as a broadcaster for

, although he also worked as a

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for Raidió Teilifís Éireann,

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and

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. He covered the

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for RTE and '' The Irish World'' newspaper. He worked for two years as a sports editor for

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MacNamee award, named after Pádraig MacNamee, for his documentary on

Waterford GAA The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The ...

's win at the

1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 73rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the All Ireland semi-final Kerry ended Dublin period as All Ireland champions that won in 1958. Kerry were the ...

. He also won the 2015 GAA MacNamee Award for Best GAA Related Radio Programme. His WLR FM documentary was on Maurice Shanahan, who had retired from GAA after suffering from depression, but had returned to win the

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 128th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football since its establishment in 1887. 33 teams took part − 31 Counties of Ireland, counties of I ...

. In October 2016, the documentary also won a PPI National Radio Award.

References

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