A transfer out of Kildare?

[Ohtoohtobe]

Would Cian Reynolds not have been close to the Kildare Senior panel? Midfield for the u21' last year I think?

His father is from Leitrim, but a step down going to a Div4 side who never really look like getting out of that Division.

He's a forward not a midfielder, even though one of the newspaper reports had him down as the latter (maybe he played midfield in the game the reporter looked up).
Good footballer but down the pecking order in terms of Kildare forwards at the moment. Might change if he does well with Leitrim.

[Donnellys Hollow]

Would Cian Reynolds not have been close to the Kildare Senior panel? Midfield for the u21' last year I think?

His father is from Leitrim, but a step down going to a Div4 side who never really look like getting out of that Division.

He's a forward not a midfielder, even though one of the newspaper reports had him down as the latter (maybe he played midfield in the game the reporter looked up).
Good footballer but down the pecking order in terms of Kildare forwards at the moment. Might change if he does well with Leitrim.

He didn't. Willie Burke and Kevin Feely were the starting midfield for the u21s with Hurley and Moolick out around the middle too.

He wouldn't be a million miles off the Kildare panel but the trouble is that there are a lot of decent half forwards around who would be ahead of him at the moment. Good luck to him. He's a promising talent who will do well for Leitrim.

[rodney trotter]

Think Leitrim were hit worst by emigration in the last few years in GAA terms, 23 players who were on the Leitrim at some stage have left the Country. So no harm to them availing of a few players, Enda Williams from Longford went last year aswell.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Former Kildare star James Kavanagh is set to revive his inter-county career by pitching in with Galway in 2014

Tribesmen football manager Alan Mulholland has confirmed that Kavanagh (28), who is now living in the county, has joined his squad for gym training ahead of pre-season training, which starts for them later this month.

Kavanagh left Kildare prior to last season when he felt he couldn't give full commitment to Kieran McGeeney's panel.

Kavanagh's wife was expecting a baby at the time and a move to Galway, where they were building a house, was imminent.

He subsequently moved from his club Ballymore Eustace to Milltown, who he played with in this year's Galway club championship.

But at the time he distanced himself from speculation linking him to Mulholland's Galway squad.

After a year living in Galway now, he is ready to commit to them and Mulholland is looking forward to working with him.

"James has been in with us doing some gym work and we're delighted to have him," he confirmed.

"He's happy to give it a go with us."

Mulholland added that Kavanagh has been suffering from a knee injury, which was bothering him towards the end of his Kildare career.

"It's minor enough but provided that doesn't bother him... he's looking forward to it," added Mulholland.

Kavanagh was one of Kildare's most prolific forwards during the early part of McGeeney's time and developed a reputation for scoring spectacular points.

He was educated in St Jarlath's Tuam and captained the senior team during his time there, playing in the epic 2002 All-Ireland semi-final and replay against Jack O'Connor's Colaiste na Sceilge which they won before eventually being crowned Hogan Cup champions.

Kavanagh developed a good rapport with Michael Meehan that season and Galway supporters will hope that can be reignited 12 years on. He joins Galway at a time when Mulholland has changed his back-room team, with Donal O Fatharta stepping down for personal reasons and Alan Flynn concentrating exclusively on the U-21s.

Former All-Ireland winners Declan Meehan and Paul Clancy, who was previously a selector under Justin McNulty at Laois for a year, replace them.

Another interesting addition is Brian Talty, the former Galway midfielder who was an integral part of Paul Caffrey's management team in Dublin from 2005-08. Talty has agreed to come on board to work with Galway's Dublin-based players.

Former Galway manager Liam Sammon will act in an advisory capacity to the management along with Martin Conroy.