page_title: Andy Comerford
section_title: St. Kieran's College
hierarchical_section_title: Andy Comerford / Playing career / St. Kieran's College
caption_attribution_description: St Kieran's College, Kilkenny
context_page_description: Andrew James Comerford is an Irish retired hurling manager and former player who played for Kilkenny Senior Championship club O'Loughlin Gaels. He played for the London and Kilkenny senior hurling teams for nearly a decade, during which time he usually lined out at midfield or centre-forward.
  Comerford began his hurling career at junior club level with O'Loughlin Gaels. After a brief spell with the Brothers Pearse club in London, he returned to O'Loughlin Gaels and enjoyed his first success as a member of the 1996 Kilkenny Intermediate Championship-winning team and promotion to the top flight of Kilkenny hurling. Comerford later captained the club to the Leinster Club Championship in 2003 as well as two Kilkenny Senior Championships in 2001 and 2003. He made numerous championship appearances in three different grades of hurling for the club, while his early prowess also saw him selected for the Waterford Regional Technical College, with whom he won a Fitzgibbon Cup title..
  At inter-county level, Comerford was part of the successful Kilkenny minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1990 before later winning a Leinster Championship with the under-21 team in 1993.
context_section_description: During his secondary schooling at St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny, Comerford played in all grades of hurling before joining the college's senior hurling team in his final two years. On 15 April 1989, he lined out at right wing-forward when St. Kieran's College drew 1-07 apiece with Birr CBS in the Leinster final. Comerford retained his position for the replay a week later and claimed his first winners' medal following the 2-11 to 1-09 victory. On 7 May 1989, he won an All-Ireland medal after scoring a vital goal from right wing-forward in the 3-05 to 1-09 defeat of St. Flannan's College in the final.
  On 1 April 1990, Comerford won a second successive Leinster Championship medal after a 2-09 to 1-07 defeat of local rivals Kilkenny CBS in the final. On 16 May 1990, he lined out at right wing-forward in a second successive All-Ireland final. Comerford scored three points from play and claimed a second successive winners' medal after the 2-10 to 0-07 defeat of St. Flannan's College.
caption: St. Kieran's College.
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