Keith Higgins

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|irish = Ceiteach Ó hUiginn

|county = Mayo

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|province = Connacht

|club = Ballyhaunis GAA

|clposition = Corner back

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|counties = Mayo (F)
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|icposition = Left corner-back

|icyears = 2005–2021
2003–

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Keith Higgins ({{langx|ga|Ceiteach Ó hUiginn}}) is an Irish sportsman. He has played both Gaelic football and hurling for Mayo GAA, the former until his retirement in January 2021. He also plays both sports for his club Ballyhaunis.

In 2006, he was the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year. He also captained both the Mayo under-21 football and hurling teams to All-Ireland Championships. Injury ruled him out of the 2007 championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/?jp=MHKFOJOJSNKF|title=Sport}} Higgins also represented Mayo at senior level in both codes, played for Connacht in hurling's Railway Cup, winning a medal in 2005, while in 2014 he became the first Connacht player to win football and hurling Railway Cups after Connacht won a first title since 1968.{{cite web |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/kildarenationalist/2008/02/21/story27089.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622095510/http://archives.tcm.ie/kildarenationalist/2008/02/21/story27089.asp |archive-date=2011-06-22 }}

Hurling is his first love.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4444&Itemid=39|title = The Mayo News}} He plays it for Ballyhaunis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0912/1164855-higgins-stars-as-ballyhaunis-bounce-back-for-mayo-title/|title = Higgins stars as Ballyhaunis bounce back for Mayo title|date = 12 September 2020|last1 = Finnerty|first1 = Mike| website=RTÉ.ie }} In 2005, Higgins won a Christy Ring Cup All Star while playing for the Mayo county team. In 2008, he was nominated for the Christy Ring Cup Player of the Year award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/power-misses-out-on-gpa-nod-1494931.html|title=Power misses out on GPA nod}} Higgins was voted as the Cadbury's Hero of the Future in 2006.

During Mayo's 2011 NFL campaign, Higgins received praise for his outstanding performances in right half back.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Higgins retired from inter-county football in January 2021.{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/315313|title=Higgins retires|work=Hogan Stand|date=23 January 2021}} However, he expressed the wish to continue playing hurling for Mayo.{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/315451|title=Higgins to carry on hurling with Mayo|work=Hogan Stand|date=1 February 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0128/1193728-keith-higgins-i-feel-lucky-to-have-had-so-long-at-it/|title=Keith Higgins: I feel lucky to have had so long at it|publisher=RTÉ|date=28 January 2021}} He was revealed as Mayo hurling team captain in May 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2021/05/05/higgins-announced-as-captain-of-the-mayo-hurling-team/|title=Higgins announced as captain of the Mayo hurling team|work=The Connaught Telegraph|date=5 May 2021}}