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Lifting Liam as captain, winning 6 Allstars and scoring for fun - Eoin Kelly's hurling career

The Mullinahone maestro called it a day today.

1. Eoin as a young lad from Mullinahone in the early days with Tipp seniors back in 2001

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2. Underage days had brought All-Ireland defeats like the 1999 minor final

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3. Lining up alongside Declan Ryan and Lar Corbett for the 2001 season

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4. Celebrating Liam MacCarthy Cup glory with victory over Galway in 2001

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5. Captaining Limerick IT to the Fitzgibbon Cup in 2005

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6. At club level Kelly helped Mullinahone win the 2002 Tipperary senior hurling crown

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Kelly bagged 2-7 against Thurles Sarsfields in the Tipperary county final in 2002. INPHO INPHO

7. There were six Allstar awards in total for Kelly during his career

In 2002 with Sean McCague

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In 2005 with Sean Kelly

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In 2010 with Brendan Maher, Paul Curran, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath and Brendan Cummins

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8. Those Allstar wins meant plenty trips abroad

Heading to Buenos Aires in 2009 with Brendan Cummins Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO / INPHO

9. He helped out the All-Ireland winning Tipperary minors as a water boy in 2006

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10. There was some tough defeats to take against Kilkenny

Being commiserated by Brian Cody in 2009 Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

Losing out in the 2013 qualifier in Nowlan Park Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

11. Like everyone else in Ireland, he cheered on Katie Taylor in 2012

Kelly watches on as Taylor wins gold at the 2012 London Olympics Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

12. As a scoring machine for Tipperary, he had plenty cause to celebrate

Eoin Kelly celebrates scoring a point He toasted scoring a point against Cork in 2008 Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

Eoin Kelly celebrates scoring his first goal Raising a green flag against Waterford in Croke Park in 2010 Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

Eoin Kelly celebrates scoring Hitting the net against Clare in the Munster semi-final in 2011 James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

13. Kelly had plenty battles down through the years

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14. As Tipperary captain he got to lift plenty silverware

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15. His crowning glory came when he captained Tipperary to the 2010 All-Ireland title

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16. A stellar career ended in defeat and meeting Henry on his final outing with Tipperary

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2010 All-Ireland winning captain Kelly announces his Tipperary retirement

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