CIARAN MCKEEVER IS the latest inter-county footballer to join Dublin senior football side Parnells.
The Armagh captain’s transfer was completed on Saturday, with the appeal period for his former club, St Patrick’s expiring.
He will now join the litany of county or former county footballers within the Coolock-based club’s ranks, including Laois’ Colm Begley, Darren Rooney and Michael Tierney, Wexford’s Aindreas Doyle and Rory Quinlivan, Conor Mortimer (Mayo) and Johnny Murtagh (Armagh).
Fellow Armagh defender Andy Mallon also joined the club last year.
McKeever’s transfer has been confirmed on the GAA’s official live transfer list.
The 31-year-old half-back lined out for Armagh in the county’s Ulster semi-final draw with Monaghan on Saturday afternoon, where he was integral in earning his team a replay this weekend.
He won an Armagh intermediate championship in 2008 with St Patrick’s, Cullyhanna. While last year they reached the senior county final, only to be beaten by near-neighbours Crossmaglen; McKeever played at midfield scoring two points in that game.
It remains unclear whether or not he will take up a coaching role within the Dublin club, as has been the case with similar transfers involving high-profile players and Parnells.
