Killian Burns was a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

player from

Sneem Sneem () is a village situated on the Iveragh Peninsula (part of the Ring of Kerry), in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. It lies on the estuary of the River Sneem which expands here to Kenmare River, Kenmare Bay. The N70 road (Ireland) ...

, County Kerry. He played Corner back for Kerry when they won the 1997 & 2000

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 ...

s. He made his debut against

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in February, 1996. He won his first

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 ...

final for Kerry in 1996 beating

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0-14 to 0-11. Killian scored the last point of the game. He won an

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s in 1995 & 1996 beating Mayo and

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. He also won a

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in 1992 with St. Brendan's College at corner back, scoring the last point in the final. He won a National League Division 1 title at corner back beating Cork in the final 3-8 to 1-7 in Pairc Ui Chaoimh. He won a Munster Junior Championship in 2003 with Kerry at centre back. Killian played full back for the South Kerry seniors that won the Kerry County Championship in 2004 and 2005 before moving to Dublin side

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. He currently is playing football with

Castlegregory Castlegregory (, meaning "castle of Griaire") is a village in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the north side of the Dingle Peninsula, halfway between Tralee and Dingle. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, ...

, West Kerry where he currently resides. Killian was part of the Football Review Committee set up by

Liam O'Neill Liam O'Neill is a Gaelic games administrator, who served as the 37th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He is from County Laois. Biography A former chairman of the Leinster Council, O'Neill initially sought the GAA presidency at th ...

in 2012 to review Gaelic football. The committee was chaired by Eugene McGee. Killian works as a marketing consultant specialising in sport and consumer communications.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Killian Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Sneem Gaelic footballers Round Towers Clondalkin Gaelic footballers Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)