Introduction
James Kielt (Irish: Séamas Ó Caoilte) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He plays his club football for Pádraig Pearse's Kilrea. He plays as a forward for both club and county.
Playing career
Club
Kielt had a very successful underage career with Kilrea.
Inter-county
Kielt was captain of the Derry Minor team which were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county. The following year he reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship with Derry Under 21s, but they were also defeated.
In 2009 he was drafted into the Derry Senior side. Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry. Kielt made his Championship debut later that year in the Ulster Championship against Monaghan.
College
Kielt has also been playing for Queens University Belfast since 2007/08. The university finished runners-up to Donegal in the 2009 Dr. McKenna Cup.
Honours
Inter-county
Senior
- National Football League:
- Runner-up: 2009
- Dr. McKenna Cup
- winner 2011 (Derry0:
- Runners-up: 2009 (with QUB)
- Ulster Senior football championship
winner (0) runner up (!) 2011
Under-21
- Ulster Under-21 Football Championship:
- Runner up: 2008
Minor
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship:
- Runner up: 2007
- Ulster Minor Football Championship:
- Runner up: 2007
- Ulster Minor FootballLeague:
- Winner (1): 2007