Kieran Bergin

Kieran Bergin
Kieran Bergin (on the right, with the number "18") in action for Tipperary against Galway's Iarla Tannian (left) in 2014
Personal information
Irish name Ciarán Ó Beirgín
Sport Hurling
Position Left half back
Born (1986-01-25) 25 January 1986 (age 38)
Clonmel, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
2003-
 Killenaule
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2013-2017 (Hurling)
 Tipperary 10 (0-7)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1

Kieran Bergin (born 23 January 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonmel Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2013. Bergin is a nephew of Jack Bergin, who was a Tipperary selector when they won the All-Ireland title in 2001, he is also a first cousin of former Galway Footballer Joe Bergin. Bergin has also played with the Tipperary senior football team and was part of the panel for the 2013 McGrath Cup. Bergin went to the United States to live in 2005 and spent five years living in New York City and two years in San Francisco before returning to Ireland in 2012.

Career

Bergin previously played minor hurling with Tipperary in 2003 and 2004 and won a Munster Minor Hurling Championship medal in 2003 from the midfield position.[1] He played for Dublin IT in the 2013 Fitzgibbon Cup where they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Mary Immaculate College.[2]

He joined the Tipperary hurling panel in April 2013 and made his senior debut on 5 May 2013, starting at right half back in the 0–20 to 2–17 2013 National Hurling League final defeat to Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.[3][4][5][6]

On 9 June 2013, he made his championship debut aged 27, starting at right half back against Limerick in a 1–18 to 1–15 defeat.[7][8]

On 4 September 2016, Bergin came on as a second-half substitute and won his first All-Ireland Senior hurling title when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in the final by 2–29 to 2-20.[9][10]

In April 2017, Bergin withdrew from the Tipperary hurling panel due to work commitments.[11] On 11 May 2017, Bergin joined the Tipperary Senior football panel.[12]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "A Long way to Tipperarys 35th title". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Wooden it be nice to keep on rising". Daily Mirror. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ^ "As it happened: Kilkenny v Tipperary – Allianz Division 1 hurling league final". The Score. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Tipperary make five changes for Kilkenny showdown". RTE Sport. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Tipperary battle bravely, but lose to Kilkenny at a heaving Nowlan Park". Tipperary Star. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Kieran Bergin: I was a messer in America but I transformed my life when I returned home". Irish Independent. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Limerick 1–18 Tipperary 1–15". RTE Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ^ "'Get up you fat pig, you better go for a run' – how Kieran Bergin kick-started his hurling career in 2013". The Score. 19 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Tipperary 2-29 Kilkenny 2-20". Munster GAA. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Analysis: How Tipperary finally overcame Kilkenny to claim All-Ireland senior hurling glory". The 42. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Frustrated Kieran Bergin opts out of Tipperary squad". Irish Examiner. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Tipperary All-Ireland winner joins county football squad 16 days after departing hurling panel". The 42. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.