James Kielt is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Pádraig Pearse's Kilrea club and previously for the Derry county team.

Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county.

Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry.

[1] Kielt made his ChampionshipA debut later that year in the Ulster Championship against Monaghan.

After missing the 2012 season and opting out of the 2015 championship, Kielt retired from inter-county football in October 2018.