| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Gearóid Ó Catháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Half back | ||
| Born | 5 October 1984 Glenullin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Student[1] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| ?-Present | Glenullin | ||
| Club Titles | |||
| Derry titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2004-Present | Derry | ? | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Gerard O'Kane (Irish: Gearóid Ó Catháin; born 5 October 1984[1]) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title.
O'Kane plays his club football for John Mitchel's Glenullin and has won a Derry Senior Football Championship with the club. He plays in the half back line for club and county, with his pace and stamina being two of his key attributes.[2]
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O'Kane is from the rural area known as Glenullin, near Garvagh, and is a cousin of fellow Derry and Glenullin players Paddy and Eoin Bradley.[3] Their father, Liam (current Antrim manager) is his uncle. O'Kane's father, also called Gerard has served as chairman of the Derry County Board in the past.[4]
O'Kane plays club football for John Mitchel's Glenullin. O'Kane won the Derry Senior Football Championship with the club in 2007.[4] Glenullin met Bellaghy in the final and after a replay, won the title.[5] He won the man of the match award for his performance in the final replay.
Earlier that year Glenullin won the Ulster Senior Club Football League, beating Latton of Monaghan in the final.[6] The club reached the Ulster League final again the following year, but were defeated by fellow Derry club Ballinderry.[7]
In 2008 the club reached the final of the All-Ireland Sevens Championship, organised by Kilmacud Crokes. They were however beaten 1-11 to 0-13 by St. Gall's of Antrim in the decider, with O'Kane scoring 0-01 in the match.[8] He was Glenullin's goalkeeper during the tournament (often outfielders are used as goalkeepers in sevens football). Glenullin, jointly with Ballinderry won the 2008 Derry Senior Football League.
O'Kane captained the Derry Minor side that won the 2002 Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship.[1]
He made his Derry Senior debut in 2004.[1] He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[9][10]
O'Kane and Derry again reached the National League final in 2009, but were defeated by Kerry.[11] Derry opened their 2009 Championship campaign with a win over Monaghan. However, they were defeated in the next round (Ulster semi-final) by Tyrone. They were drew against Monaghan again in the first round of the Qualifiers and defeated them for the second time that year. Derry's 2009 campaign however ended the following week with defeat to Donegal. O'Kane's performances for Derry that year were very impressive.
Gerard O'Kane captained St. Pat's Maghera to success in the 2003 MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup.[1] These successes came months after winning the All-Ireland Minor title with Derry.[4] In doing so he became the first player since 1949 to captain a winning Hogan Cup team the year after captaining a victorious All-Ireland Minor side.[4] He was awarded Ulster Colleges Football All-Stars in both 2002 and 2003. In 2007 he won the Ryan Cup and Sigerson Cup with Queens University Belfast.[1] In 2005 and 2007 he was voted onto the Datapac Combined Universities (All Star) team.
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
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