Mickey Kearins

Mickey Kearins (18/04/1943) was a Gaelic football player from County Sligo. He played for the Sligo county team for 17 years from 1961 to 1978. In 1971 he was the first Sligo man to win an All-Star. He is also the only Sligo player to win a Cú Chulainn Award-winning it three consecutive years in 1964–66. In 1975 he helped Sligo win the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time since 1928.

For the politician, see Michael P. Kearns.

Kearins played with Connacht in the Railway Cup winning titles in 1967 and 1969. He played his club football with the St Patrick's Dromard club with whom he won seven Sligo Senior Football Championships. In 2003 he was included in the book Gaelic Football's Top 20. He is a brother of former Sligo manager James. He managed the Sligo Under 21 team in the early to mid-2000s.

In May 2020, the Irish Independent named Kearins as one of the "dozens of brilliant players" who narrowly missed selection for its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".[1]