colleges icposition icupdate birth_date code nhl club feet name occupation fullname clyears birth_place inches county sport allstars icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title fitz clcounty irish
limerick it right corner-forward 14:17 , 2 december 2014 6 january 1982 hurling 2 mullinahone 5 eoin kelly bank official eoin kelly 1997 -- present mullinahone , county tipperary , ireland 10 tipperary hurling 6 5 tipperary 2000 -- 2014 2 munster eoin kelly -lrb- tipperary hurler -rrb-
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eoin kelly -lrb- tipperary hurler -rrb-

eoin kelly -lrb- born 6 january 1982 -rrb- is an irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the tipperary senior team .
born in mullinahone , county tipperary , kelly first excelled at hurling whilst at school in st. kieran 's college .
he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the tipperary minor team as a goalkeeper , before later joining the under-21 side .
he made his senior debut during the 2000 championship .
kelly went on to enjoy a lengthy career , and won two all-ireland medals , five munster medals and two national hurling league medals .
he was an all-ireland runner-up on three occasions .
at international level kelly has played for the composite rules shinty-hurling team .
as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , he won two railway cup medals .
at club level kelly is a one-time championship medallist with mullinahone .
his brother , paul kelly , is also an all-ireland medallist with tipperary , while his first cousins , niall and ollie moran enjoyed lengthy careers with limerick .
kelly 's career tally of 21 goals and 368 points ranks him as the third highest championship scorer of all-time .
he remains tipperary 's all-time top scorer .
throughout his career kelly made 63 championship appearances .
his announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 1 december 2014 .
kelly is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of the modern era .
during his playing days he won six all-star awards .
he has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport 's greats , including at right corner-forward on a special munster team of the quarter century in 2009 .
