Kevin Rafferty (Gaelic footballer)

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Kevin Rafferty
Personal information
SportGaelic football
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
OccupationRetail manager
Club(s)
YearsClub
? - presentNaomh Adhamhnáin
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2001 - 2012Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles2
All-Irelands1
Kevin Rafferty is a Gaelic footballer. A player with the Naomh Adhamhnáin club, he was a member of the Donegal senior football teambetween 2001 and 2012.
Rafferty was educated at Scoil Colmcille and Saint Eunan's College in Letterkenny.[1][2]

Playing career[edit]

Rafferty featured under five different Donegal managers—Mickey Moran, Brian McEniff, Brian McIver, John Joe Doherty and Jim McGuinness.[3] He was often paired with Rory Kavanagh in midfield, though was often injured too.[4]
Rafferty was present in Jim McGuinness's teams of the 2010s, including in the 2011 Ulster semi-final defeat of Tyrone when he scored.[5][6] A squad member during Donegal's 2012 All-Ireland winning campaign, he accompanied the team on their end-of-year holiday to Dubai.[7] However, he stepped away from the panel as its most senior member at the end of the 2012 season, having been dogged by injury over the previous twelve months.[8]

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ "Picture special: Rory Kavanagh returns to Scoil Cholmcille with Sam". Donegal Daily. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012. "Pupils at Scoil Cholmcille – the boys school – formed a guard of honour for Rory and his teammates Colm McFadden, Frank McGlynn and Kevin Rafferty. Both Kevin and Rory are also past pupils of the school."
  2. Jump up^ "Twitter feed". Saint Eunan's College. "EunansFootball Best of luck 2our past pupils who r in Donegal panel v Cork in All Ire Semi-Final on Sun @neilgerardgalla @murphm95@AntoinMcFadden @Tommyk_91 @BrickMolloy @123kav @kevin_raff @gmacfadden14 @mdboyler24 +Mr McFadden #TheCollege"
  3. Jump up^ "McGuinness adds four to his panel". Donegal Democrat (Johnston Press). 31 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  4. Jump up^ "Kavanagh and Rafferty facing 'race against time'". eircom Sports. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  5. Jump up^ "Super Donegal knock Tyrone off their perch to win in Clones". Donegal Daily. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011. "With Donegal five points adrift, it was looking bad for the Donegal lads. But with three minutes left to the break Donegal began something of a fightback. McBrearty won the ball, passed to Kevin Rafferty who hit a superb point from all of 35 yards."
  6. Jump up^ Nolan, Sean (26 June 2011). "Donegal leave it late in Clones". Setanta. Retrieved 26 June 2011. "Kevin Rafferty ended 17-scoreless Donegal minutes with a point and Colm McFadden followed up smartly to narrow the gap and right on the stroke of half-time Kevin Cassidy tacked on another to leave the gap at just two."
  7. Jump up^ "Donegal players sing in the new year with rita ora at beach party". Donegal Daily. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012. "Donegal stars Kevin Rafferty and Daniel McLaughlin joked that they were going to a Barn Dance! “Off to the Barndance here…happy NY everybody…typical that we come from Donegal and land in Dubai and that's where we are heading,” said Rafferty. He added: “Party on the beach tonight….just like Kinneger back in the day, no dufflecoat needed tonite though!”"
  8. Jump up^ McNulty, Chris (December 2012). "Donegal's big guns to target NFL return". Donegal News. Retrieved December 2012. "Kevin Rafferty, however, will not be included with the St Eunan's man confirming to management that he had stepped away. Rafferty has been dogged by injury over the last twelve months and was the most senior member of the panel. “Kevin's had a bad run and he’s stepped away for the time being,” said [assistant manager Rory] Gallagher."

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