Aidan O'Mahony

Kerry Gaelic footballer

Aidan O'Mahony
Personal information

Irish name	Aodán Ó Mathúna
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre Back
Born	(1980-06-08) 8 June 1980 (age 43) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Garda Síochána
Club(s)
Years	Club
1998–2023	Rathmore
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004–2017	Kerry	70 (0–11)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	10
All-Irelands	5
NFL	3
All Stars	2

Aidan O'Mahony (born 8 June 1980, in Tralee) is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Kerry county team. He has 5 All-Irelands, 3 NFLs, 10 Munster Championships, 1 County Senior Championship, 1 Senior Club County Championship, 1 County U21 Championship, 1 County Intermediate Championship and 2 All Stars.^[1]

A Garda Síochána member, he played for Kerry's U21 team in 2000 and 2001. He debuted for the Kerry senior team in the 2003 League campaign and in the Championship versus Clare in 2004. He started the 2004 All-Ireland Final against Mayo, which Kerry won. He repeated the performance in the 2006 All-Ireland Final against the same team. Kerry dominated, and Mayo were easily defeated by a score of 4-15 to 3-05, and O'Mahony picked up the RTÉ Man of the Match Award for scoring 2 points and marking Ciarán McDonald. He won further All-Ireland medals in 2006 and 2007, gaining an All Star in each of those years.^[2] He has 2 NFL medals from 2004 and 2005 and also won the Munster club championship with his club Rathmore. O'Mahony again played an important part as Kerry reached the 2008 All-Ireland In 2010, O'Mahony took a break from inter-county football after Kerry's NFL campaign for personal reasons; he, however, returned to the panel for the Championship.

In 2005, following the All-Ireland final loss to Tyrone, O'Mahoney tested positive for a banned steroid, salbutamol. However he faced no censure because salbutamol is found in asthma inhalers, and he was thus granted a therapeutic use exemption.[1]

He once played on for more than 40 minutes in a club final with a broken leg, scoring two points.^[3]

O'Mahony announced his retirement from inter-county football on 23 January 2017.^[4]^[5] O’Mahoney made 70 championship appearances and featured in 85 league games for Kerry.^[6]

In January 2017, O'Mahony was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. He went on to win the competition, with his dancing partner Valeria Milova.^[7] In January 2023 after winning the Junior Club All Ireland with Rathmore, O'Mahony announced his retirement from Gaelic football.

References

^ "Kerry GAA Profile". Kerry GAA. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
^ Keys, Colm (20 October 2007). "O Se brothers create stunning piece of GAA history with their All Star success". Irish Independent.
^ "O'Mahony: Why I played with a broken leg" Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Sport. 26 October 2011.
^ "O'Mahony the symbol of Kerry's change of course". Irish Independent. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Aidan O'Mahony:Time to let youth have its fling". Irish Examiner. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Kerry's Aidan O'Mahony retires still 'at the very top'". Irish Times. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "DWTS champ Aidan O'Mahony gets 'back on the beat' this week". Irish Independent. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

External links

Profile of Aidan O'Mahony

Rathmore – 2023 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Champions (1st title)

1 K. O'Keeffe
2 J. O'Sullivan
3 A. Moynihan
4 D. Murphy
5 A. Dineean
6 P. Murphy
7 F. Holohan
8 M. Ryan
9 C. Ryan
10 B. O'Keeffe
11 C. Spiers
12 B. Friel
13 J. Moynihan
14 J. Darmody
15 S. Ryan

Subs used: 17 C. O'Connor for J. O'Sullivan; 19 M. Reen for A. Moynihan; 2 J. O'Sullivan for A. Dineen; 23 A. Darmody for J. Darmody; 20 D. Rahilly for C. Spiers

Subs not used: 16 I. O'Connor; 18 M. J. Kelleher; 21 G. O'Keeffe; 22 J. Mahony; 24 C. Kelly; 25 B. O'Connor; 26 A. O'Mahony; 27 T. Mahony; 28 D. Dineen; 29 D. Fitzgerald; 30 B. Moynihan

Manager: D. Moynihan
Selectors: P. O'Mahony; D. O'Sullivan; T. Cronin

Kerry squads

v t e Kerry – 2004 National Football League Champions (17th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. O'Mahony 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 S. Moynihan 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 J. Crowley 15 M. F. Russell Subs used D. Ó Cinnéide for Crowley M. Ó Sé for Galvin Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2004 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (33rd title)

1 D. Murphy
2 A. O'Mahony
3 M. McCarthy
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 M. Ó Sé
6 É. Fitzmaurice
7 T. Ó Sé
8 W. Kirby
9 E. Brosnan
10 L. Hassett
11 D. O'Sullivan
12 Paul Galvin
13 C. Cooper
14 D. Ó Cinnéide (c)
15 J. Crowley

Subs used: 19 S. Moynihan for L. Hassett; 17 M. F. Russell for J. Crowley; 21 R. O'Connor for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 P. Kelly for P. Galvin; 25 B. Guiney for T. Ó Sé

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 M. Quirke; 22 J. Sheehan; 23 D. Quill; 24 T. Griffin; 26 S. O'Sullivan; 27 N. Kennelly; 28 J. Cronin; 29 B. Sheehan; 30 R. Ó Flatharta

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. Murphy
2 M. McCarthy
3 A. O'Mahony
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 T. Ó Sé
6 M. Ó Sé
7 S. Moynihan
8 D. Ó Sé
9 W. Kirby
10 L. Hassett
11 Declan O'Sullivan (c)
12 P. Galvin
13 C. Cooper
14 E. Brosnan
15 D. Ó Cinnéide

Subs used: 17 M. F. Russell for L. Hassett; 21 Darran O'Sullivan for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 É. Fitzmaurice for S. Moynihan; 19 B. Sheehan for P. Galvin

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 B. Guiney; 22 D. Quill; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Kelly; 25 K. Donaghy; 26 M. Lyons; 27 M. Quirke; 28 P. Reidy; 29 T. Griffin

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

v t e Kerry – 2006 National Football League Champions (18th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 A. O'Mahony 3 M. Ó Sé 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 S. Moynihan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Lyons 8 D. Ó Sé 9 K. Donaghy 10 P. Galvin 11 É. Fitzmaurice 12 B. Sheehan 13 C. Cooper 14 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 15 R. O'Connor Subs used Darran O'Sullivan for O'Connor E. Brosnan for Fitzmaurice T. Griffin for O'Mahony M. F. Russell for Cooper Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title)

1 D. Murphy
2 M. Ó Sé
3 M. McCarthy
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 T. Ó Sé
6 S. Moynihan
7 A. O'Mahony
8 D. Ó Sé
9 T. Griffin
10 S. O'Sullivan
11 Declan O'Sullivan (c)
12 P. Galvin
13 C. Cooper
14 K. Donaghy
15 M. F. Russell

Subs used: 17 E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé; 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan; 19 É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin; 20 B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell; 22 B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 21 M. Lyons; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Reidy; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. Young; 27 R. Hussey; 28 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Mac Gearailt; 30 A. O'Connell

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (35th title)

1 D. Murphy
2 M. Ó Sé
3 T. O'Sullivan
4 P. Reidy
5 T. Ó Sé
6 A. O'Mahony
7 K. Young
8 D. Ó Sé
9 S. Scanlon
10 P. Galvin
11 Declan O'Sullivan (c)
12 E. Brosnan
13 C. Cooper
14 K. Donaghy
15 B. Sheehan

Subs used

18 S. O'Sullivan for Galvin
20 Darran O'Sullivan for Declan O'Sullivan
26 T. Griffin for Young
21 M. F. Russell for Sheehan
19 M. Lyons for Reidy

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 17 M. Quirke; 22 D. Bohane; 23 P. O'Connor; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 K. O'Leary; 27 R. Hussey; 28 D. Walsh; 29 T. Walsh; 30 D. Quill

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. Murphy
2 M. Ó Sé
3 T. O'Sullivan
4 P. Reidy
5 T. Ó Sé (c)
6 A. O'Mahony
7 K. Young
8 D. Ó Sé
9 S. Scanlon
10 B. Sheehan
11 Declan O'Sullivan
12 E. Brosnan
13 C. Cooper
14 K. Donaghy
15 T. Walsh

Subs used: 28 P. Galvin for T. Walsh; 19 Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan; 17 T. Griffin for S. Scanlon; 23 M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan; 27 D. Moran for B. Sheehan

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 18 S. O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke; 21 D. Walsh; 22 D. Bohane; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Maher; 30 P. Corridan; 31 M. Moloney; 32 K. Quirke; 33 A.O'Shea

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

v t e Kerry – 2009 National Football League Champions (19th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 P. Reidy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Young 5 T. Ó Sé 6 A. O'Mahony 7 T. Griffin 8 A. Maher 9 M. Quirke 10 D. Walsh 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 Darran O'Sullivan (c) 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used D Ó Sé T. Kennelly B. Sheehan D. Bohane S. O'Sullivan Aidan O'Shea Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

1 D. Murphy
2 M. Ó Sé
3 T. Griffin
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 T. Ó Sé
6 M. McCarthy
7 K. Young
8 D. Ó Sé
9 S. Scanlon
10 P. Galvin
11 Declan O'Sullivan
12 T. Kennelly
13 C. Cooper
14 T. Walsh
15 Darran O'Sullivan (c)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: É. Fitzmaurice; G. O'Keeffe

Kerry – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 B. Kealy
2 K. Young
3 M. Ó Sé
4 T. O'Sullivan
5 T. Ó Sé
6 E. Brosnan
7 A. O'Mahony
8 A. Maher
9 B. Sheehan
10 Darran O'Sullivan
11 Declan O'Sullivan
12 D. Walsh
13 C. Cooper (c)
14 K. Donaghy
15 K. O'Leary

Subs used: 18 P. Galvin for O'Leary; 21 B. J. Keane for Walsh; 17 D. Bohane for Brosnan

Subs not used: 16 T. Mac a' tSaoir; 19 S. Enright; 20 J. O'Donoghue; 22 P. Reidy; 23 P. Crowley; 24 T. Griffin; 25 J. Buckley; 26 B. McGuire; 27 S. Scanlon; 28 N. O'Mahony; 29 D. Geaney; 30 A. O'Connell; 31 D. Casey

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; D. Murphy

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

1 B. Kelly
2 M. Ó Sé
3 A. O'Mahony
4 F. Fitzgerald (c)
5 P. Murphy
6 P. Crowley
7 K. Young
8 A. Maher
9 D. Moran
10 S. O'Brien
11 J. Buckley
12 D. Walsh
13 P. Geaney
14 K. Donaghy
15 J. O'Donoghue

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Kerry – 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 B. Kealy
2 F. Fitzgerald
3 A. O'Mahony
4 S. Enright
5 J. Lyne
6 P. Crowley
7 K. Young
8 A. Maher
9 D. Moran (c)
10 S. O'Brien
11 J. Buckley
12 D. Walsh
13 C. Cooper
14 P. Geaney
15 J. O'Donoghue

Subs used: 22 D. O'Sulllivan for S. O'Brien; 20 B. Sheehan for J. Buckley; 17 K. Donaghy for P. Geaney; 23 P. Galvin for D. Moran; 19 P. Murphy for A. O'Mahony; 21 B. J. Keane for J. O'Donoghue

Subs not used: 16 B. Kelly; 18 M. Ó Sé; 24 T. Walsh; 25 P. Kilkenny; 26 A. Fitzgerald

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Ireland squads

v t e Ireland football team – 2006 International Rules Series
McGeeney (c) Barden Begley Bergin Brogan Cavanagh Clarke Coulter Donaghy Earley Fitzgerald Galvin Geraghty Kelly Kennelly Lacey Lockhart McDonnell Moyles Murphy O'Mahony Ó Sé Quirke Reilly Ryan Coach Boylan

Ireland football team – 2008 International Rules Series

1 D. Gallagher
2 C. Begley
3 P. Bradley
5 G. Canty (vc)
6 S. Cavanagh (c)
7 B. Coulter
8 B. Cullen
9 K. Donaghy
10 L. Glynn
11 F. Hanley
12 J. Keane
13 A. Kernan
14 C. Lyng
15 S. McDonnell
16 E. McGinley
17 C. McKeever
18 Joe McMahon
19 Justin McMahon
20 M. Meehan
21 J. Miskella
22 A. O'Mahony
23 P. O'Neill
24 T. Parsons
25 K. Reilly

Subs: Paul Finlay; M. McGrath; K. Young

Standby players: A. Carr; R. Clarke; C. Gormley; K. McCloy

Coach: S. Boylan

Selectors: A. Tohill; H. Kenny; E. Liston

Runner: S. M. Lockhart
Other backroom members: T. Kennelly; T. Brennan; M. McGurn

(Team as of 24 October 2008 versus Australia)

v t e 2006 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 S. Cluxton 2 M. Ó Sé 3 B. Owens 4 K. Lacey 5 S. Moynihan 6 G. Spillane 7 A. O'Mahony 8 D. Ó Sé 9 N. Murphy 10 P. Galvin 11 A. Brogan 12 A. Dillon 13 C. Mortimer 14 K. Donaghy 15 R. Clarke

v t e 2007 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 S. Cluxton 2 M. Ó Sé^FOTY 3 K. McCloy 4 G. Canty 5 T. Ó Sé 6 A. O'Mahony 7 B. Cahill 8 C. Whelan 9 D. Ó Sé 10 S. Bray 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 A. Brogan 13 C. Cooper 14 P. Bradley 15 T. Freeman

v t e All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final – Man of the Match
1990 S. Fahy 1991: J. McCartan 1992: M. Boyle 1993: J. McGurk 1994: M. Linden 1995: P. Curran 1996 (draw): L. McHale 1996 (replay): T. Dowd 1997: M. Fitzgerald 1998: M. Donnellan 1999: M. O'Reilly 2000 (draw): M. F. Russell 2000 (replay): S. Moynihan 2001: P. Joyce 2002: O. McConville 2003: K. Hughes 2004: C. Cooper 2005: O. Mulligan 2006: A. O'Mahony 2007: C. Cooper 2008: S. Cavanagh 2009: T. O'Sullivan 2010: D. Goulding 2011: K. Nolan 2012: M. Murphy 2013: B. Brogan 2014: P. Murphy 2015: B. Fenton 2016 (draw): J. Small 2016 (replay): M. Fitzsimons 2017: J. McCarthy 2018: J. McCaffrey 2019 (draw): J. McCaffrey 2019 (replay): C. Kilkenny 2020: C. O'Callaghan 2021: D. McCurry 2022: D. Clifford 2023: P. Mannion

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final – Man of the Match

1990 S. Fahy
1991: J. McCartan
1992: M. Boyle
1993: J. McGurk
1994: M. Linden
1995: P. Curran
1996 (draw): L. McHale
1996 (replay): T. Dowd
1997: M. Fitzgerald
1998: M. Donnellan
1999: M. O'Reilly
2000 (draw): M. F. Russell
2000 (replay): S. Moynihan
2001: P. Joyce
2002: O. McConville
2003: K. Hughes
2004: C. Cooper
2005: O. Mulligan
2006: A. O'Mahony
2007: C. Cooper
2008: S. Cavanagh
2009: T. O'Sullivan
2010: D. Goulding
2011: K. Nolan
2012: M. Murphy
2013: B. Brogan
2014: P. Murphy
2015: B. Fenton
2016 (draw): J. Small
2016 (replay): M. Fitzsimons
2017: J. McCarthy
2018: J. McCaffrey
2019 (draw): J. McCaffrey
2019 (replay): C. Kilkenny
2020: C. O'Callaghan
2021: D. McCurry
2022: D. Clifford
2023: P. Mannion

Preceded by

First

Dancing with the Stars
Winner
2017

Succeeded by

Jake Carter

Dancing with the Stars (Ireland)

Series

Winners

Celebrities	Aidan O'Mahony Jake Carter Mairead Ronan Lottie Ryan Nina Carberry Carl Mullan
Professionals	Valeria Milova Karen Byrne John Nolan Pasquale La Rocca Emily Barker