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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ciarán Seoige | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Born |
4 April 1987 Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Bank official | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Rower–Inistioge | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
2006-2010 | University of Limerick | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2011-2017 | Kilkenny | 23 (0-01) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:58, 28 October 2017. | |||
Kieran Joyce (born 4 April 1987) is an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Kilkenny senior team lasted seven seasons from 2011 until 2017.[1]
Born in Portlaoise, County Laois, Joyce developed as a hurler during his secondary schooling at Good Counsel College in New Ross. While subsequently studying at the University of Limerick he captained the university hurling team to the Fitzgibbon Cup title.
At club level Joyce came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Rower–Inistioge club, before eventually joining the club's adult team. An All-Ireland medal winner in the intermediate grade in 2014, Joyce also won Leinster and county championship medals.
Joyce made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Kilkenny minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team and ended his tenure as an All-Ireland runner-up. He subsequently joined the Kilkenny under-21 team, winning two All-Ireland medals over the course of three years. After also winning an All-Ireland medal with the intermediate team, Joyce joined the extended Kilkenny senior panel in 2009, however, he didn't become a member of the regular panel until the 2011 championship. Over the course of the following seven seasons he won four All-Ireland medals, beginning with back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012 and ending with back-to-back championships in 2014 and 2015. Joyce also won four Leinster medals and three National Hurling League medals. He announced his retirement on 26 October 2017.[2][3]
After being selected for the Leinster inter-provincial team for the first time in 2013, Joyce was also selected on a number of subsequent occasions. He ended his career without an Interprovincial Championship medal.
- ^ "Profile: Kieran Joyce". Kilkenny GAA website. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Kilkenny four-time All Ireland winner Kieran Joyce retires". Irish Independent. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Moran, Seán (27 October 2017). "Kieran Joyce calls time on Kilkenny intercounty career". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2017.