Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsman. He plays

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with his local club

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, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the

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from 2006 to 2019. Having appeared for Kerry in the

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and

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, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when

Aidan O'Mahony Aidan O'Mahony (born 8 June 1980, in Tralee) is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Kerry county team. He has 5 All-Irelands, 3 NFLs, 10 Munster Championships, 1 County Senior Championship, 1 Senior Club Coun ...

moved to centre-back to replace

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. Young played there in the

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and retained his place for the

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. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008

.Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at . Accessed 24 May 2008. He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals

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in the final. In 2010, he captained Kerry to the

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, overcoming

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in the final.

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* http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=SPORT&jp=mhmhauojgbid&d=2007-10-03 * https://web.archive.org/web/20090805085658/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0826/kerry.html * http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/u21s-wouldnt-have-filled-in-1294736.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20080307061645/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0216/kerry_tyrone.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110521143225/http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg%3Dsport-qqqm%3DGAA-qqqa%3Dsport-qqqid%3D55500-qqqx%3D1.asp * https://web.archive.org/web/20071118194803/http://www.roscommonherald.ie/news/story/?trs=gbqlqlmh * http://www.anfearrua.com/story.asp?id=2639 1987 births Living people All Stars Young Footballers of the Year Gaelic football backs Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Renard Gaelic footballers South Kerry Gaelic footballers Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football) {{Kerry-Gaelic-football-bio-stub