Niall Sheehy

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| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Niall Sheehy

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| fullname = Niall Sheehy

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| county = Kerry

| province = Munster

| club = John Mitchels

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| clyears = 1950's-1970's

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| clcounty = 7

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| counties = Kerry

| icposition = Full Back

| icyears = 1958-1965

| icapps(points) = 26

| icprovince = 6

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| nfl = 2

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| birth_place=Tralee, County Kerry

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Niall Sheehy was a Gaelic footballer from Tralee, County Kerry. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club John Mitchels, he also played hurling with Austin Stacks. He was also a member of the senior Kerry county football team from the 1958 until 1965, where he was nicknamed "Eusébio" for his kicking ability.{{cite news |title=Tyrone and Dooher laid down a big marker last weekend |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0623/1224273109332.html?via=mr |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 June 2010 |accessdate=30 October 2010 }} He also played for the Kerry county hurling team. His father was John Joe Sheehy. His brothers - Seán Óg and Paudie - both won All-Ireland titles with Kerry in the 1960s. Sheehy captained Kerry to the All-Ireland final in 1964, but lost out to Galway.{{cite book |title=36 and Counting...Kerry's Football Story to 2009 |last=Flynn |first=Niall |page=189 |year=2009 |publisher=Trafford Publishing |isbn=978-1-4269-2070-7 }} He also won an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal in 1961, Kerry's first All Ireland Hurling title since 1891, as well as 3 National Hurling League Div 2 titles.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

At club level Sheehy was part of the famed John Mitchels team of the 1950s and 1960s, winning seven Kerry Senior Football Championships (1952, five in a row from 1959 to 1963 and again in 1966).{{fact|date=May 2021}}