Career
He played hurling with his local club Gortnahoe-Glengoole and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1960s. He represented Ireland in Individual Showjumping at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Kiely also served as a peacekeeper with the United Nations in Syria and the Lebanon.
He lives on the family holding at Glengoole, Company
Tipperary.