James Kielt

James Kielt (Irish: Séamas Ó Caoilte) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He plays his club football for Pádraig Pearse's Kilrea. He plays as a forward for both club and county.

Playing career

Kielt had a very successful underage career with Kilrea.

Kielt was captain of the Derry Minor team which were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county. The following year he reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship with Derry Under 21s, but they were also defeated.

In 2009 he was drafted into the Derry Senior side. Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry.^[1] Kielt made his Championship^A debut later that year in the Ulster Championship against Monaghan.

Kielt has also been playing for Queens University Belfast since 2007/08. The university finished runners-up to Donegal in the 2009 Dr. McKenna Cup.

National Football League:
- Runner-up: 2009
Dr. McKenna Cup
- winner 2011 (Derry0:
- Runners-up: 2009 (with QUB)
- Ulster Senior football championship

winner (0) runner up (!) 2011

A. ^ The Championship is the premier inter-county competition, made up of the four provincial Championships (in Derry's case the Ulster Championship) which are knock-out and the All-Ireland Championship (see current format)

↑ Heaney, Paddy (1 May 2009). "No substitute to winning for the Kingdom". The Irish News. p. 62.

Subs not used: 16 E. McNicholl; 17 L. McGoldrick; 18 A. McAlynn; 19 C. McAtamney; 21 N. McNicholl; 22 C. Murphy; 23 J. Kielt; 25 D. McKinless; 26 N. Loughlin; 27 B. McGilligan; 28 S. Brady

(Team as of 7 June 2015 versus Down)

Derry – 2009 National Football League runners-up

1 B. Gillis 2 K. McGuckin 3 K. McCloy 4 G. O'Kane 19 C. McKaigue 18 B. McGuigan 7 S. L. McGoldrick 8 F. Doherty (c.) 9 J. Diver 10 E. Lynn 11 P. Murphy 12 B. Mullan 13 E. Bradley 14 Paddy Bradley 15 M. Lynch Subs used 22 J. Kielt for Paddy Bradley 14 Paddy Bradley for B. Mullan 25 D. McBride for G. O'Kane 24 S. Bradley for P. Murphy 27 R. Dillon for D. McBride Subs not used 16 S. McGuckin 17 B. Óg McAlary 20 E. Muldoon 21 J. Conway 23 P. Young 26 J. Keenan Patsy Bradley Paul Bradley E. Brown P. Cartin J. Deighan C. Devlin S.M. Lockhart N. McCusker (vice-c.) B. McGoldrick J. O'Kane Manager D. Cassidy Backroom team K. Madden M. O'Connell B. McRory

(Team as 2009 NFL final versus Kerry (26 April 2009))

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