Conleith Gilligan

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Conleith Gilligan
Personal information

Irish name	Conláed Mac Giollagáin
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Right Corner Forward
Born	(1979-12-17) 17 December 1979 Derry, Northern Ireland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nickname	Deets
Occupation	Business Development Manager^[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
1996-	Ballinderry Shamrocks
Club Titles
Derry titles	7
Ulster titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1999-2012^[2]	Derry
Inter-county titles
NFL	2

Conleith "Deets" Gilligan (Irish: Conláed Mac Giollagáin; born 17 December 1979)^[1] is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Derry, with whom he won two National League titles.

Gilligan plays his club football for Ballinderry Shamrocks. He was instrumental in helping Ballinderry win the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, and he has also won four Derry Championships and an Ulster Senior Club Football Championship with the club.

Gilligan usually plays as a playmaker in the forward line and his vision and ability to pick out pin-point passes is well renowned.^[3]

Playing career

Inter-county

Gilligan was a late addition to the Derry panel that won the 2000 National League. He joined the panel after the NFL final against Meath, which finished a draw^[4] and came on as a substitute in the final replay.^[5]

He was instrumental in the 2008 National League, which Derry won, defeating Kerry in the final.^[6]^[7]

He announced his retirement from inter-county football in November 2012.^[8]

Club

Gilligan won his first Derry Senior Football Championship in 2001^[1] and Ballinderry went on to win that year's Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, and the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship the following March.^[1] He has won further Derry Championship medals with the club in 2002,^[1] 2006^[1] (as captain) and 2008. He has also won seven Derry Senior League medals with the club (1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008).

Honours

Inter-county

National Football League:
- Winner (2): 2000, 2008
Dr. McKenna Cup:
- Runner up: 2005,^[9] more?

Club

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2002
All-Ireland Kilmacud Crokes Sevens Championship:
- Winner (1): 1998
- Runner up: 1999??
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2001
- Runner up: 2006, 2008
Ulster Senior Club Football League:
- Winner (1): 2008
Derry Senior Football Championship:
- Winner (4): 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008
- Runner up: 1999, 2000, 2003
Derry Senior Football League:
- Winner (7): 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Numerous underage competitions

Individual

Derry Senior Football Championship winning captain: 2006

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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Early 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Duggan, Keith (26 April 2008). "Perfectly positioned to deliver for Derry". Irish Times. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
↑ "Shamrocks and Emmett's set for epic tussle". Derry Journal. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
↑ Heaney, Paddy (29 April 2008). "Derry ace Conleith drunk on success". The Irish News. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
↑ "Derry Football Roll Of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
↑ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report". RTÉ. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
↑ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
↑ "Derry forward Conleth Gilligan calls time on 13-year inter-county career". RTÉ. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
↑ "Derry line-ups 2005". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 2 April 2008.

External links

Gaelic games
Preceded by Joe Cassidy (Bellaghy)	Derry Senior Football Championship winning captain 2006	Succeeded by Paddy Bradley (Glenullin)

v t e Derry senior football team – current panel

1 B. Gillis 2 J. McCamley 3 C. McKaigue 4 S. L. McGoldrick 5 B. McGoldrick 6 M. Craig 7 E. Scullion 8 J. Diver 9 M. Friel 10 G. O'Kane 11 M. Lynch 12 E. Lynn 13 C. Gilligan 14 Paddy Bradley 15 E. McGuckin Subs used M. Donaghy for McCamley Patsy Bradley for Lynn E. Bradley for Gilligan C. Kielt for O'Kane E. Bradley for Diver Manager J. Brennan

(Team as 2012 Ulster Championship quarter-final versus Donegal (16 June 2012))

v t e Derry – 2000 National Football League Champions (5th title)

1 M. Conlan 2 G. Coleman 3 S. M. Lockhart 4 D. O'Neill 5 H. Downey 6 K. McKeever 7 P. McFlynn 8 A. Tohill 9 D. Heaney 10 N. McCusker 11 D. Dougan 12 R. Rocks 13 P. Bradley 14 E. Muldoon 15 J. McBride Subs used C. Gilligan for Rocks G. McGonigle for Gilligan S. McLarnon for Bradley Subs not used B. Gillis A. Heaney E. Burns Manager E. Coleman Backroom team D. Cassidy

(Team as 2000 NFL final replay versus Meath)

v t e Derry – 2008 National Football League Champions (6th title)

1 B. Gillis 2 K. McGuckin 23 N. McCusker 4 F. McEldowney 5 L. Hinphey 6 G. O'Kane 7 M. McIver 8 F. Doherty 9 J. Diver 10 M. Lynch 11 B. McGoldrick 12 E. Muldoon 13 C. Gilligan 14 Paddy Bradley 15 E. Bradley Subs used 21 S. M. Lockhart for F. McEldowney 26 Paul Murphy for E. Bradley 3 K. McCloy (capt.) for L. Hinphey 20 J. Keenan for M. McIver 25 C. Mullan for C. Gilligan Subs not used 16 J. Deighan 17 Patsy Bradley 18 P. Cartin 19 R. Dillon 22 M. McBride 24 R. McElhone 27 P. O'Hea 28 C. O'Kane 29 R. Wilkinson J. Conway C. Devlin M. Friel E. Lynn S. L. McGoldrick E. O'Kane Manager P. Crozier Backroom team Peter Doherty Martin Heaney Bernie Henry John McCloskey

(Team as 2008 NFL final versus Kerry (27 April 2008))

Persondata
Name	Gilligan, Conleith
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player
Date of birth	17 December 1979
Place of birth	Ballinderry, County Londonderry
Date of death
Place of death

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