Tom Honan / INPHO Tom Honan / INPHO / INPHO
Patrick Bolger / INPHO Patrick Bolger / INPHO / INPHO
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Kelly bagged 2-7 against Thurles Sarsfields in the Tipperary county final in 2002. INPHO INPHO
In 2002 with Sean McCague
In 2005 with Sean Kelly
In 2010 with Brendan Maher, Paul Curran, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath and Brendan Cummins
Cathal Noonan Cathal Noonan
Heading to Buenos Aires in 2009 with Brendan Cummins Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO / INPHO
Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO / INPHO
Being commiserated by Brian Cody in 2009 Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO
Losing out in the 2013 qualifier in Nowlan Park Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO
Kelly watches on as Taylor wins gold at the 2012 London Olympics Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO
He toasted scoring a point against Cork in 2008 Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO
Raising a green flag against Waterford in Croke Park in 2010 Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO
Hitting the net against Clare in the Munster semi-final in 2011 James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO
Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO
Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO
James Crombie James Crombie
Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
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Lifting Liam as captain, winning 6 Allstars and scoring for fun - Eoin Kelly's hurling career
1. Eoin as a young lad from Mullinahone in the early days with Tipp seniors back in 2001
2. Underage days had brought All-Ireland defeats like the 1999 minor final
3. Lining up alongside Declan Ryan and Lar Corbett for the 2001 season
4. Celebrating Liam MacCarthy Cup glory with victory over Galway in 2001
5. Captaining Limerick IT to the Fitzgibbon Cup in 2005
6. At club level Kelly helped Mullinahone win the 2002 Tipperary senior hurling crown
7. There were six Allstar awards in total for Kelly during his career
In 2002 with Sean McCague
In 2005 with Sean Kelly
In 2010 with Brendan Maher, Paul Curran, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath and Brendan Cummins
8. Those Allstar wins meant plenty trips abroad
9. He helped out the All-Ireland winning Tipperary minors as a water boy in 2006
10. There was some tough defeats to take against Kilkenny
11. Like everyone else in Ireland, he cheered on Katie Taylor in 2012
12. As a scoring machine for Tipperary, he had plenty cause to celebrate
13. Kelly had plenty battles down through the years
14. As Tipperary captain he got to lift plenty silverware
15. His crowning glory came when he captained Tipperary to the 2010 All-Ireland title
16. A stellar career ended in defeat and meeting Henry on his final outing with Tipperary
2010 All-Ireland winning captain Kelly announces his Tipperary retirement
9 of Eoin Kelly’s best scores during his brilliant Tipperary hurling career
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EK13 Eoin Kelly GAA Hurling Liam MacCarthy Cup Premier Tipperary