Dermot Hanifin
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born Castleisland, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years Club
1970s-1990s
 Castleisland Desmonds
Club titles
Kerry titles 8
Munster titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1985-1993
 Kerry 7 (1-01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 3

Dermot Hanifin (born in Castleisland, County Kerry) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Castleisland Desmonds and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1985 until 1993. His father, also Dermot, played with Kerry during the 1950s.

Army career

Hannafin is an officer in the Irish Army. His current rank is Lieutenant Colonel and is based in the Curragh Camp the main training centre for the Irish Defence Forces.

Playing career

Club

Hanifin played his club football with his local Castleisland Desmonds club and enjoyed much success. He won a number of county club championship titles with Castleisland throughout the 1980s and 1990s. These victories allowed the club to represent the county in the provincial club championship. A 2-6 to 0-9 defeat of the famous St. Finbarr's club gave Hanifin a Munster club winners' medal.[1] He later lined out in Croke Park for the All-Ireland final against St. Vincents of Dublin. In one of the most dramatic endings ever a fifty-eighth minute goal gave Castleisland a 2-2 to 0-7 victory. The win gave Hanifin an All-Ireland club winners' medal.[2]

Hanifin collected a second consecutive Munster club winners' medal in 1985 as the mighty 'Barr's' were defeated for the second consecutive year. Castleisland later qualified for another All-Ireland final. This time Burren provided the opposition and the game was another close affair. A second-half goal secured the title for Burran as Hanifin's side were defeated by 1-10 to 1-6.[3]

Intercounty

Hanifin also played with Kerry during the mid-1980s and early 1990s. He was part of the team that won Munster & All Ireland Championships in 1986 a year that would turn out to be Kerry's last All Ireland for 11 years.

References

  1. ↑ "Munster Club Championship Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  2. ↑ Corry, Eoghan (2005). The GAA Book of Lists. Hodder Headline Ireland. p. 420.
  3. ↑ The GAA Book of Lists p. 420
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