Biography
Fitzgerald was born near Cahersiveen, County Kerry in 1969. He was born into a family that had a strong link to football in Kerry. His father Ned was a Kerry footballer of note back in the late 1950s while his uncle, Séamus O’Connor, is the holder of a record ten South Kerry Senior Football Championship medals.
Fitzgerald was educated at the local national school and later attended Cahersiveen CBS. It was here that his football talents were further developed and he won numerous county medals. Fitzgerald later studied at University College, Cork, however, he also became a key member of the UCC football team. In 1988 he won a coveted Sigerson Cup medal following an 0-8 to 0-5 defeat of University College, Galway in the inter-varsities series of games.
Fitzgerald currently works as a property auctioneer with Fitzgerald & O'Connor Ltd's Auctioneering firm, a family run business established in 1979. Since the property crash in Ireland in 2008, the auctioneer business sunk. Fitzgerald now works along side his wife Sharon teaching business studies and mathematics in local school Colaiste na Sceilge
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