# Con Geaney

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**Cornelius Geaney** (16 August 1907 – 9 September 1988) was an Irish [Gaelic footballer](/source/Gaelic_football) who played at club level with [John Mitchels](/source/John_Mitchels_GAA_(Kerry)) and [Castleisland Desmonds](/source/Castleisland_Desmonds_GAA) and at inter-county level with the [Kerry senior football team](/source/Kerry_senior_football_team). He usually lined out as a forward.

## Career

Geaney first came to [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) prominence as a member of the [John Mitchels](/source/John_Mitchels_GAA_(Kerry)) club that won the [County Championship](/source/Kerry_Senior_Football_Championship) title in 1929. He was drafted onto the [Kerry senior football team](/source/Kerry_senior_football_team) two years later, however, an injury ruled him out of the [1931 All-Ireland final](/source/1931_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final) win over [Kildare](/source/Kildare_GAA). Geaney won his only All-Ireland medal on the field of play after Kerry's 2-07 to 2-04 win over [Mayo](/source/Mayo_GAA) in the [1932 All-Ireland final](/source/1932_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final). He continued to line out with Kerry over the following few seasons and claimed a third winners' medal, his second as a substitute, in 1937. Geaney's other honours with Kerry include six [Munster Championship](/source/Munster_Senior_Football_Championship) titles and two [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland)) medals.[1]

## Personal life and death

Born in [Firies](/source/Firies), [County Kerry](/source/County_Kerry), Geaney qualified as a [national school](/source/National_school_(Ireland)) teacher and spent his adult life working in [Castleisland](/source/Castleisland). His son, [Dave Geaney](/source/David_Geaney_(Castleisland_Gaelic_footballer)), is an All-Ireland-winning player and selector with Kerry, while his daughter, [Mary Geaney](/source/Mary_Geaney), is a [dual](/source/Dual_player) All-Ireland-winner and a former [Ireland women's field hockey international](/source/Ireland_women's_national_field_hockey_team).[2][3][4]

Geaney died after a brief illness at the [Regional Hospital](/source/Cork_University_Hospital) in [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)) on 9 September 1988.

## Honours

- **John Mitchels**

- [Kerry Senior Football Championship](/source/Kerry_Senior_Football_Championship): 1929

**Kerry**

- [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship): [1931](/source/1931_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship), [1932](/source/1932_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship), [1937](/source/1937_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship)
- [Munster Senior Football Championship](/source/Munster_Senior_Football_Championship): [1931](/source/1931_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Munster_Senior_Football_Championship), [1932](/source/1932_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Munster_Senior_Football_Championship), [1933](/source/1933_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Munster_Senior_Football_Championship), [1934](/source/1934_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Munster_Senior_Football_Championship), [1937](/source/1937_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Munster_Senior_Football_Championship), [1938](/source/1938_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Munster_Senior_Football_Championship)
- [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland)): [1930–31](/source/1930%E2%80%9331_National_Football_League_(Ireland)), [1931–32](/source/1931%E2%80%9332_National_Football_League_(Ireland))

## References

1. ["Senior Football"](https://munster.gaa.ie/history/sf_teams/). Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

1. ["Corkery award crowns club comeback"](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/corkery-award-crowns-club-comeback-1.1052646). Irish Times. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

1. ["Mary honoured for the legend that she is"](https://kerrysportshub.ie/2019/12/21/mary-honoured-for-the-legend-that-she-is/). Kerry Sports Hub website. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

1. ["Multi-talented Mary Geaney made her own All-Ireland history"](https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20458816.html). Irish Examiner. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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