This is the story of Ireland's most successful Australian Rules
footballer. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Tadhg Kennelly is the
son of a Kerry football star and grew up playing GAA both for local
and county teams. Having played at inter-county level for Kerry
from an early age, in 1999 he made the momentous decision to move
to Australia to play Aussie Rules football. He debuted for the
Sydney Swans in 2001 and went on to become one of their star
players. In 2005 he won an AFL Premiership medal with the Swans,
the first Irishman to do so. He was plagued with injury throughout
his final season in Australia, demonstrating a disconcerting
tendency to pop his often dislocated shoulder back into place on
the pitch during matches, but through both his columns on the
Sydney Swans website and the attention lavished on him by
Australian broadcasters, Tadhg retained a high profile in
Australia. In 2009 he returned to Ireland and joined the Kerry
County panel.
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