Ciarán Kilkenny (born 7 July 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Dublin county team and as a dual player for his club Castleknock.
Despite being previously offered a place on the Dublin senior hurling panel, he chose to dedicate his time solely to football.
[4] He won the Dublin Junior Football Championship with Castleknock, his last medal before switching codes to Aussie rules.
Kilkenny flew to Melbourne to visit Hawthorn officials at Waverley, and was scheduled to become the first Irishman to play at the club.
In March 2014, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament while fulfilling a Dublin football fixture at Croke Park against Kildare in a 2014 NFL, causing him to miss the rest of the season.
[17] [18] By winning his sixth All Star in 2022, he drew level with Stephen Cluxton and became the Dublin player with the joint highest number of awards.
[19] Kilkenny played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, and scored a goal in the second Test at Croke Park.