Kerry's Dara O Cinneide NAME: Dara O Cinneide DATE OF BIRTH: 25-4-75 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: An Ghaeltacht COUNTY: Kerry HONOURS: All-Ireland Junior Championship; Munster Under 21 Championship; All-Ireland Freshers Championship with University Limerick INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Donegal, NFL March 1994 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Paddy Moran (Dublin); Gregory McCartan (Down) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney; Cusack Park, Ennis OTHER SPORTING INTERESTS: Mountain climbing, fishing FAVOURITE POSITION: Corner forward BOYHOOD HEROES: Mickey Sheehy, Paidi O Se, Jack O'Shea (all Kerry), Matt Connor (Offaly) FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), Jarlath Fallon (Galway) BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Liam O Rochain (Gaeltacht underage trainer) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Being selected to play for Kerry in Munster Final 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Peter Reilly (Cavan), Trevor Giles (Meath), Denis Dwyer (Kerry) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: 1) Awarding a mark for fielding a all directly from kickout 2) Having two referees DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Too many fixtures to be fulfilled, especially during winter months HOPES FOR 1995: To win Under 21 Championship with Kerry YOU MUST HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MUNSTER FINAL RESULT: It was the bitterest pill I've ever had to swallow HAD YOU EVER PLAYED HALF BACK BEFORE? Yes. Rounds one and two of the National League and also as minor for Kerry in 1992 DID YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT PLAYING THERE? Normally, I wouldn't find it difficult to play in that position but the Munster Final was a bit of a struggle WERE YOU IMPRESSED WITH CORK IN KILLARNEY? Yes. They played a nice brand of possession football at times Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 11th August 1995 Vol 5 No 32 Tweet

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