About Dave Kiely
Dave Kiely was a rugby union player.
Matthew David Kiely is an Irish former international rugby union player.
Kiely is a native of Cork and played his rugby for University College Cork during his medical studies. He won five Ireland caps, debuting against Wales in the 1962 Five Nations, a delayed match which didn't take place until November due to a smallpox epidemic in Wales. His other international matches all came in the 1963 Five Nations. He was a Munster representative player, as was his younger brother Paddy.
A surgeon by profession, Kiely was also an amateur golfer.
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