Conleith Gilligan

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Conleith Gilligan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Irish Name Conláed Mac Giollagáin
Place of birth County Londonderry
, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname(s) Deets
Occupation Sales rep
Club information
Club Ballinderry
Position Centre forward
Club(s)*
Club Years Apps (scores)
Ballinderry ?-Present ?
Club Titles
Derry Titles 3
Ulster Titles 1
All-Ireland 1
Inter-County
County Derry
Position Forward
Inter-County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Derry ?-Present ?
NFL 2

* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of .

Conleith Gilligan (Irish: Conláed Mac Giollagáin) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won the National League twice. He plays his club football for Ballinderry Shamrocks. Gilligan and Ballinderry collected their first All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship's in the 2001/2002 season. He has won three Derry Senior Football Championship medals (2001, 2002 and 2006) and was captain for the 2006 triumph.

Gilligan usually plays as a playmaker in the forward line and his vision and ability to pick out pin-point passses is well renowned.[1]

Contents

[edit] Inter-county

Gilligan was a late addition to the Derry panel that won the 1999/2000 National League. He joined the panel after the NFL final against Meath[2] and came on as a substitute in the final replay.[3]

He had instumental in the 2008 National League, which Derry won, defeating Kerry in the final.[4][5]

[edit] Honours

[edit] County

[edit] Club

[edit] Individual

  • Ballinderry Senior football captain: 2006

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Shamrocks and Emmett's set for epic tussle", Derry Journal, 2006-09-22. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 
  2. ^ Heaney, Paddy. "Derry ace Conleith drunk on success", The Irish News, 2008-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-06-10. 
  3. ^ Derry Football Roll Of Honour. Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
  4. ^ Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  5. ^ Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website. Derry GAA website. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
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Derry Senior Football Team
1 J. Deighan | 2 K. McGuckin (V. cap.) | 3 K. McCloy (Cap.) | 4  F. McEldowney  | 5 L. Hinphey  | 6 M. McBride | 7 M. McIver | 8 E. Muldoon | 9 J. Conway | 10 M. Lynch | 11 P. Murphy | 12 B.McGoldrick | 13 C. Gilligan | 14 P. Bradley 
15 | E. Bradley 
Subs: M. Friel for P. Murphy, | C. Devlin for E. Bradley | G. O’Kane for M. McBride | J. Diver for M. Lynch | J. Keenan for M. McIver
Manager: Paddy Crozier
(Team as of 30 March 2008 versus Galway)


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