Sean Hegarty was 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 from

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. He had a brief career with the

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senior team during the 2001 National League. Before joining the senior team he played with the

minor team in 1997 and won a Munster Championship title playing at center back. He then moved on to the Under 21 side in 1998 and won a Munster Championship, and later an All Ireland Championship. He won a second Munster Under 21 title in 1999 but lost in the All Ireland final to

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. In 2006 he was captain of the

Junior team that won Munster and All Ireland titles. At club level he played with the

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club with whom he won a County Intermediate Championship in 2005. He also played with the Tralee IT team that won the

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in 1999.

References

* http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/64/Sean-Hegarty/U21 * http://munster.gaa.ie/history/mf_teams/ * http://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21f_teams/ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Killarney Legion Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Kerry-gaelic-football-bio-stub