{{Short description|Armagh Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | image = | name = Tiernan Kelly | irish = Tiarnán Ó Ceallaigh | nickname = | feet = | inches = | occupation = | sport = Gaelic football | code = Football | county = Armagh | province = Ulster | clposition = | club = | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 2 | clprovince = | clallireland = | clubs = [[Clann Éireann GAC]] | counties = [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]] | icposition = Midfield | icyears = 2021- | icapps(points) = | icprovince = | icallireland = 1 | nfl = | allstars = | icupdate = | clupdate = | birth_date = | birth_place = }}
'''Tiernan Kelly''' is a [[Gaelic football]]er who plays for the [[Armagh county football team]].
==Gaelic football==
Kelly won the [[Hogan Cup]] with St Ronan's, Lurgan,<ref>{{cite web |title=St Ronan's win Masita Hogan Cup title |url=https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/ronan-win-masita-hogan-cup-title |website=GAA.ie |access-date=6 March 2025 |date=10 May 2018 |quote=A flowing move broke down close to goal but sharp reflexes from Tiernan Kelly enabled the Clann Éireann man to bundle the ball over the line from close range.}}</ref> as well as representing [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] at junior level before making his senior debut against [[Antrim county football team|Antrim]] in the [[2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship]], scoring a goal in that appearance.<ref>{{cite web |title=IN FOCUS: Tieran Kelly – light at the end of the tunnel |url=https://www.gaeliclife.com/counties/armagh/armagh-county-football/in-focus-tieran-kelly-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ |website=Gaelic Life |date=28 December 2023 |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=A Hogan Cup winner with St Ronan’s, Lurgan in 2018, Kelly represented Armagh at all age levels before breaking into Kieran McGeeney’s senior side, where he hit the net against Antrim on his Ulster Championship debut in 2021.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Armagh 4-15 Antrim 0-14 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/gaelic-games/57665255 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=Tiernan Kelly slams a fourth goal home at the death.}}</ref>
Kelly played in all of Armagh's league games in 2022, but was absent for much of the [[2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|championship campaign]] owing to injury problems.<ref>{{cite web |title=IN FOCUS: Tiernan Kelly – light at the end of the tunnel |url=https://www.gaeliclife.com/counties/armagh/armagh-county-football/in-focus-tieran-kelly-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ |website=Gaelic Life |date=28 December 2023 |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=Kelly missed Armagh’s run to the All-Ireland quarter-final in 2022 with a blood-clot issue, having played all their league games}}</ref> He returned for the [[Armagh v Galway (2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship)|All-Ireland quarter final against Galway]], but in a fracas at the end of normal time, Kelly was judged to have gouged the eyes of Galway's Damien Comer, and received a 24-week ban.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiernan Kelly: Armagh forward banned for 24 weeks after Galway brawl |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/62012727 |website=BBC Sport |date=July 2022 |quote=Tiernan Kelly has been handed a 24-week suspension for his part in the brawl between Armagh and Galway in their All-Ireland quarter-final.}}</ref>
Kelly was part of the Armagh team which won the [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]], scoring one point in the final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armagh edge Galway in nail-biting final to win All-Ireland title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c0vejxz8rr2o |website=BBC Sport |date=28 July 2024 |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref>
He plays club football for [[Clann Éireann GAC|Clann Éireann]], Lurgan, and was a member of their [[Armagh Senior Football Championship]] winning sides in 2021 and 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armagh SFC: Clann Éireann triumph |url=https://www.gaa.ie/article/armagh-sfc-clann-eireann-triumph |website=GAA.ie|date=26 October 2024 }}</ref>
==Honours==
* '''All-Ireland Senior Football Championship''': (1) 2024 * '''Hogan Cup''': (1) 2018 * '''Armagh Senior Football Championship''': (2) 2021, 2024
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Armagh inter-county Gaelic footballers]] [[Category:Clann Éireann Gaelic footballers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]