FIVE YEARS AFTER bringing his Kildare senior career to a close, Johnny Doyle made his return to inter-county action last night and helped the county reach a Leinster football final.
Doyle came on as a second-half substitute to help the Kildare junior side claim a 1-18 to 1-9 victory over Longford in their Leinster semi-final tie.
Doyle made his mark as well in St Conleth’s Park as he shot 0-3 and showcased the scoring ability that was a shining feature of his senior career.
Young Johnny Doyle is on in the 34th minute! pic.twitter.com/nV4XDEkJh7
— Kildare Nationalist Sport (@KildareNatSport) June 5, 2019
The Allenwood forward retired in April 2014 after 14 seasons involved with the Kildare senior side. He won a Leinster senior medal in his debut campaign in 2000 with a Division 2 league medal in 2012 the main honour he added to that. On an individual level he won an All-Star award in 2010 after a season where Kildare lost out at the All-Ireland semi-final stage against Down.
Now the 41-year-old has a Leinster final in Croke Park to look forward to with Kildare set to take on Meath, victors over Louth by 0-17 to 2-10 in their semi-final last night, in the decider on Sunday 23 June.
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