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'''Kevin Cassidy''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Gaelic football]]er from [[Gweedore]], [[County Donegal]]. A former member of the [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] inter-county football team, Cassidy plays his club football for [[Gaoth Dobhair GAA|Gaoth Dobhair]]. |
'''Kevin Cassidy''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Gaelic football]]er from [[Gweedore]], [[County Donegal]]. A former member of the [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] inter-county football team, Cassidy plays his club football for [[Gaoth Dobhair GAA|Gaoth Dobhair]]. |
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He is regarded as one of the best attacking wing half-backs of his generation and has also played in midfield. A fluent ''[[Gaeilgeoir]]'', he lives in the [[Gaeltacht]] area of Donegal. Cassidy and his wife both teach as a profession and have 2 young children. |
He is regarded as one of the best attacking wing half-backs of his generation and has also played in midfield. A fluent ''[[Gaeilgeoir]]'', he lives in the [[Gaeltacht]] area of Donegal. Cassidy and his wife both teach as a profession and have 2 young children.<ref name="cul">{{cite web|url=http://www.cul4kidz.com/culstarsfball_cassidy.htm|title=cul4kidz profile on Cassidy|accessdate=21 March 2009|work=Cul4kidz website}}</ref> |
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==Playing career== |
==Playing career== |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Caoimhín Ó Casaide | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Half back / midfield | ||
| Born |
1982 (age 41–42) Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Cass | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1999-present | Gaoth Dobhair | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2002-2011 | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Kevin Cassidy is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Gweedore, County Donegal. A former member of the Donegal inter-county football team, Cassidy plays his club football for Gaoth Dobhair.
He is regarded as one of the best attacking wing half-backs of his generation and has also played in midfield. A fluent Gaeilgeoir, he lives in the Gaeltacht area of Donegal. Cassidy and his wife both teach as a profession and have 2 young children.[1]
Playing career
Club career
Cassidy won a Donegal Senior Football Championship medal with Gaoth Dobhair in 2002.[2] While in the United States in 2006, he played in the Boston Championship. He returned later in the summer to win a second Donegal Championship with Gaoth Dobhair, beating St Eunan's GAA in the 2006 final.[2]
Inter-county career
Cassidy and Donegal reached the 2002 Ulster Championship final, but were defeated.[2] He won an All Star Award for his performances that year.[1] The following year he helped Donegal reach the All-Ireland semi-final.[2] 2004 saw Donegal once again finish Ulster Championship runners-up.[2]
Cassidy played no part in the 2006 Championship after disciplinary problems and went to Boston in the United States for the Summer.
He returned to the Donegal team the following year, this time in midifeld along with Neil Gallagher and played a pivotal role in helping Donegal win the county's first ever National Football League title in 2007.[3] It was the first piece of silverware for the county senior team since 1992.
Cassidy was named Donegal captain for the 2008 season.[4]
He quelled a potential players revolt in 2010.[5]
On 30 July 2011, he scored a long-range winning point in stoppage time at the end of extra-time in the All-Ireland quarter-final against Kildare in Croke Park that sent Donegal on to an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Dublin.[6] He had earlier helped Donegal to their first provincial title in 19 years with the defeat of Derry in the Ulster final.[7]
In November 2011, Cassidy was dropped from the Donegal team by manager Jim McGuinness after contributing to a book.[8][9][10] He appeared not to understand why this was so.[11][12]
International Rules
Cassidy has in the past represented Ireland in the International Rules Series.[2]
Personal life
While young, Cassidy's childhood football heroes were Derry's Anthony Tohill, Seán Óg de Paor of Galway and Donegal's Anthony Molloy.[1]
Cassidy is a fan of the Celtic F.C. soccer team, having spent some of his childhood in Glasgow, Scotland. He regularly attends matches at Parkhead.
In August 2008 he was attacked by a mob of about 3000 people as he walked home from a niteclub in Derrybeg with his wife and "sustained a black eye, a badly swollen lip and bad facial bruising.
References
- ^ a b c "cul4kidz profile on Cassidy". Cul4kidz website. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f McNulty, Chris (28 August 2008). "Cassidy's ear was not bitten off". Donegal News. Retrieved 21 March 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Donegal win National League title". BBC Sport Online. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ "Cassidy chosen as new Donegal captain". Breakingnews.ie. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ Keys, Colm (4 November 2011). "Cassidy lifts the lid on averting mass revolt". Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ "Donegal 1-12 Kildare 0-14 (aet)". RTÉ Sport. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Cassidy ready for Lilywhite battle". RTÉ Sport. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Keys, Colm (9 November 2011). "Donegal hero Cassidy axed for breaking code of silence on McGuinness methods". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Cassidy dropped from Donegal panel". RTÉ Sport. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Sometimes it's better when you say nothing at all". Donegal Democrat. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Cassidy makes statement on removal from panel". RTÉ Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Cassidy at a loss to explain dismissal". The Irish Times. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.