Graham Geraghty (footballer)
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- For the member of the American Film Industry see Graham Geraghty (Film).
Graham Geraghty is a Gaelic football player for Meath and political candidate for Fine Gael from Meath, Ireland.
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[edit] Football career
Graham has won several sporting honours with his playing career with the Meath county football team. He has won two All Stars for Meath in 1994 and 1999. He has won three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals with Meath in 1996, 1999 and 2001. He won his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a Meath player in 1996. He won his second All-Ireland for Meath as team captain in 1999. He has also represented his country in International Rules tests against Australia in 1999, 2000, 2006.[1]
Geraghty has also won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship for Meath in 1990 and a All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1993. He has been awarded the Meath Player of the Year on two occasions in 1999 and more recently in 2006. Geraghty has won the Martin Donnelly Cup on four occasions for Leinster.
At club level, Graham won the Meath Senior Football Championship with Seneschalstown in 1994. He has also won at Under-21 level with Seneschalstown in 1992.
Although his greatest achievements have come in football and International Rules, he is a versatile and inspirational athlete, accomplishing various honours in the fields of athletics, soccer (having travelled to London for trials with Arsenal FC as a teenager, and rugby (playing for much of his adult life with Irish side Buccaneers).
In late 2006 he published his autobiography, titled "Misunderstood" which documents his childhood, adolescence, and sporting career up until the early years of the 21st century. Eddie Hobbs is mentioned in his book as a huge influence on him.
In 2007, Graham helped Meath back to the top and scored a magnificent goal against Tyrone to earn Meath a place in the semi-final. Recently Graham has announced that he will be available for the coming season.
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[edit] Political career
Geraghty is one of Ireland's most accomplished athletes, and in 2006 broadened his horizons into the world of politics, as he was selected by the Fine Gael political party to contest the general election of 2007 in his home constituency of Meath West.[2] However, he performed poorly in the election, obtaining only 1,284 first preference votes - the lowest of the three Fine Gael candidates standing - and was eliminated from the race after the fourth count [3].
[edit] Acting Career
Geraghty appeared in acclaimed 1998 Irish Kung Fu movie Fatal Deviation opposite Boyzone's Mikey Graham. He had no lines.
| Preceded by Ray Silke (Galway) |
All-Ireland Football Final winning captain 1999 |
Succeeded by Seamus Moynihan (Kerry) |
