D. J. Carey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

D. J. Carey

Irish hurler

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1970

Place of Birth: Gowran, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: businessperson, hurler

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About D. J. Carey

  • Denis Joseph "D.
  • J." Carey (born 11 November 1970) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.Carey began his hurling career at club level with Young Irelands.
  • He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 17-year-old in 1988 and enjoyed his first success in 1992 when the club won the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship title and promotion to the top flight of Kilkenny hurling.
  • Carey later won Kilkenny Senior Championship medals as captain in 1996 and 2002.
  • He made numerous championship appearances in three different grades of hurling for the club before retiring after a 25-year club career in 2013. At inter-county level, Carey was part of the successful Kilkenny minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1988 before later the All-Ireland Championships with the under-21 team in 1990.
  • He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 1988.
  • From his debut, Carey was ever-present as a forward and made a combined total of 138 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2005.
  • During that time he was part of five All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002 and 2003.
  • Carey also secured ten Leinster Championship medals and four National Hurling League medals.
  • He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 1 June 2006.Carey's granduncle, Paddy Phelan, is regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time and won four All-Ireland medals with Kilkenny.
  • His aunt, Peggy Carey, won four All-Ireland medal with the Kilkenny camogie team.
  • Carey's brother, Martin, was sub goalkeeper on the Kilkenny for a number of years. Carey is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
  • During his playing days he won nine All-Star awards, as well as being named Texaco Hurler of the Year on two occasions.
  • He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including on the Kilkenny Hurling Team of the Century in 2000 and on a special Leinster Hurling Team (1984-2009).
  • Carey's omission from the Hurling Team of the Millennium was seen as controversial at the time.In retirement from playing Carey has become involved in team management and coaching.
  • At club level he has trained the Young Irelands junior hurling team, while he has also served as hurling coach at Carlow Institute of Technology.

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