Patrick Curtin (17 March 1989 – 29 December 2015) was an Irish

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 ...

er who played as a left corner-forward for the Kerry senior football team. Born in

Moyvane Moyvane (), also sometimes known as Newtownsandes, is a small village in County Kerry in the south west of Ireland. It is situated off the N69 road between Listowel to the southwest and Tarbert to the north. The village of Knockanure lies ...

County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

, Curtin first played competitive Gaelic football in his youth. At club level he played with

. Curtin arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut during the 2012 league. He would go on to play for Kerry for two seasons. He made a total of six championship appearances for Kerry. These included substitute appearances in two All-Ireland quarter-finals: in the 2012 loss to eventual champions Donegal, as well as the 2013 defeat of

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road (Ireland), N3 road that links Dublin ( ...

. His retirement came during the conclusion of the 2013 championship.

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