Colm Cavanagh

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Colm Cavanagh
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Place of birth	County Tyrone , Northern Ireland
Occupation	student
Club information
Club	Moy
Position	Half Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Moy	? -?
Inter-County
County	Tyrone
Position	Half Forward
Inter-County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Tyrone	2007-present
* club appearances and scores correct as of 17:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

Colm Cavanagh is a Tyrone Gaelic footballer from Moy. He is the younger brother of treble All Star-winner Tyrone player, Sean. He also plays for the University of Ulster team, and in 2007, reached the Sigerson Cup Final.^[1].

He was part of the Tyrone Under-21 team won the Ulster Championship in 2006.

[edit] Senior inter-county career

His Tyrone Senior career was shrouded in controversy from the beginning. He made his debut for Tyrone in the 2007 Dr McKenna Cup, however, he had also been selected by his University team for the competition. The competition rules state that in such an event, the University should get first choice of the player, in order to even up the competition. Tyrone manager, Mickey Harte refused to obey this rule, contending that it should be up to the players to decide who they wish to play for. Four Tyrone players were caught up in the dispute; Cavanagh, Brendan Boggs, Damien McCaul (who all play for the University of Ulster) and St. Mary's University, Belfast player, Cathal McCarron.^[2]
Tyrone were docked points for the match the players participated in, but still progessed to go on to win the competition.

He has continued unabated, however, and has consistently been on the starting line-up for Tyrone in their 2007 National League campaign.

In his Ulster Championship debut, on May 20th, 2007, against Fermanagh, Cavanagh was having a solid game, until an accidental collision left him badly injured. The game was delayed for over seven minutes while he was receiving treatment, and was taken to hospital as a precaution. Initial fears about a serious neck injury were allayed as he was discharged from hospital soon after the end of the match.^[3] The injury has ruled him out of Tyrone's next fixture against Donegal, and possibly the Ulster final, should Tyrone progress.^[4]

v • d • e Tyrone Senior Football Team 1 P McConnell  2 R McMenamin |  3 Justin McMahon |  4  M McGee  5 D Harte |  6 C Gormley |  7 P Jordan  8 C Holmes  9 S Cavanagh (Cap.) |  10 R Mulgrew 11 B McGuigan |  12 E McGinley  13 C McCullagh |  14 C Cavanagh  15 T McGuigan  Subs: J Devine, D Carlin, P Donnelly, N Gormley, C Gourley, C McCarron, D McCaul, R Mellon, M Penrose, PJ Quinn, M Swift, J Curran Unavailable Panellists: B Boggs, C Donnelly, B Dooher, Kevin Hughes, Kelvin Hughes, A McCarron, C McGinley, P McGurk, Joe McMahon, E Mulligan, M Murphy, Paul Quinn, P Rouse, D Treanor Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of 13 April 2008 versus Mayo)

1. ^ Queen's take the honours in Sigerson Cup. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
2. ^ Red Hands lose McKenna Cup points. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
3. ^ Maloney, Darragh (2007-05-20). Tyrone 0-13 Fermanagh 1-09. RTE Sport. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
4. ^ Tyrone duo may miss Ulster Championship. RTÉ Sport (2007-06-11). Retrieved on 2007-06-14.