Eoin Kelly

Who is Eoin Kelly?

Eoin Kelly is an Irish hurler who plays 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 lining out with the under-21 side. He made his senior debut in the 2000 championship. Kelly has gone on to play a key part for Tipperary during an upsurge in the team's fortunes, and has won two All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. His brother, Paul Kelly, was also an All-Ireland medallist with Tipperary.

Kelly has represented and captained the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, winning two Inter-provincial medals in 2001 and 2013. At club level he won one championship medal with Mullinahone.

Cited by many of his hurling peers as one of the greatest players of his generation, Kelly has won won six All-Star awards while he also won back-to-back Young Hurler of the Year awards in 2001 and 2002.

Kelly has made 58 championship appearances for Tipperary, more than any other outfield player in the county's history. He is also one of the most prolific scorers in the history of the game, and with 21-362 ranks behind Henry Shefflin and Eddie Keher on the all-time list of championship top scorers.