Luke Keaney

Luke Keaney (born 1992) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Four Masters and was involved with the Donegal county team for ten years.[2] He is from Donegal Town.[2]

Luke Keaney
Personal information
Irish name Lúcas Ó Cianaigh[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Born 18 March 1992
Club(s)
Years Club
20??–201?
 Fionn MacCumhaills, Dallas
Colleges(s)
Years College
20??-20??
 UCD
Texas Tech
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2013–201?
 Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1

Keaney played in the 2013 Dr McKenna Cup.[3][4] He made his league debut against Dublin in Ballybofey in the final game of the 2013 National Football League.[5][6] He studied at and played for UCD.[7][8][9]

He also played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan in the 2013 Ulster final.[10]

He was part of the team that won the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship and then reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, but was an unused substitute in that game.

In 2017, Keaney had multiple surgeries for injuries which brought his playing career to an end.[2]

Honours
Donegal

References
  1. "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". Donegal Daily. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. "Keaney takes aim at county board". Donegal News. 12 December 2019. p. 79. Ex-Donegal star Luke Keaney has revealed he was shunned by his own county board when it came to medical expenses for a spate of complicated hip surgeries. Speaking on Wednesday morning's Off the Ball AM, Keaney (27) explained that when he underwent a series of operations for what would prove to be career-ending injuries in 2017, he received no support whatsoever from his own county board... In a candid discussion, the Donegal Town native revealed he eventually sought the help of a counsellor... "I played 10-years, from 15 to 25, for Donegal and you still love it, but it is a bit sour"...
  3. McNulty, Chris (January 2013). "Experimental Donegal for McKenna Cup". Donegal News. Retrieved January 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. "GAA FT: Donegal 1-14 v St Mary's 2-10". Donegal Now. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  5. "Donegal 1-10 Dublin 0-13". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  6. Keys, Colm (9 April 2013). "Donegal – the only team to embrace the drop". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. "President of the University, Dr. Hugh Brady announced the names of the 28 first year sports scholarship recipients for the 2010/2011 academic year".
  8. "UCD against St Patrick's Palmerstown in the Evening Herald Senior Football Championship 1st Round tie at the Iveagh Grounds". Archived from the original on 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  9. "Louth v UCD - Bórd na Móna O'Byrne Cup Group A". 6 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  10. "Ulster U21 Final Live: Donegal 1-06 v Cavan 0-13". Donegal Now. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013. Ciaran Cannon has been brought on as a blood sub for Luke Keaney. [...] Luke Keaney has come back on for Donegal.
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