Ray Silke

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Ray Silke
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Right Half Back
Born	1970 (age 43–44) Galway, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Corofin
Club Titles
Galway titles	7
Connacht titles	3
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1990's-2001	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	3
All Irelands	2

Ray Silke (born 1970 in Corofin, County Galway) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Corofin and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from the 1990s until 2001. Silke captained Galway to the All-Ireland title in 1998.^[1] He has said in many interviews that the he values having the opportunity to teach Jamie Gilmore as the greatest honour of his life.

References

↑ "Silke calls it a day". www.hoganstand.com. 21 January 2002. Retrieved 2009-09-17.

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Galway Senior Football Captain 1998	Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Jim McConville (Crossmaglen Rangers)	All-Ireland Senior Club Football winning captain 1998	Succeeded by John McEntee (Crossmaglen Rangers)
Preceded by Liam Hassett (Kerry)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1998	Succeeded by Graham Geraghty (Meath)

v t e Galway – 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (8th title)

1 M. McNamara 2 T. Meehan 3 G. Fahey 4 T. Mannion 5 R. Silke (c) 6 J. Divilly 7 S. de Paor 8 K. Walsh 9 S. Ó Domhnaill 10 M. Donnelan 11 J. Fallon 12 S. Walsh 13 D. Savage 14 P. Joyce 15 N. Finnegan Subs 21 P. Clancy for S. Walsh Manager J. O'Mahony

Galway – 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 M. McNamara
2 T. Meehan
3 G. Fahey
4 R. Fahey
5 D. Meehan
6 J. Divilly
7 S. De Paor
8 K. Walsh
9 S. Ó Dómhnaill
10 T. Joyce
11 P. Joyce (c)
12 M. Donnellan
13 D. Savage
14 P. Clancy
15 N. Finnegan

Subs not used: 16 P. Lally; 17 R. Silke; 18 J. Killeen; 19 J. Bergin; 20 M. Ó Callarain; 21 S. Walsh; 22 J. Donnellan; 23 K. Comer; 24 L. Ó Callarain

Manager: J. O'Mahony

Selectors: M. Kenny; T. Helebert

Persondata
Name	Silke, Ray
Alternative names	Way
Short description	Gaelic football player
Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Corofin, County Galway
Date of death
Place of death

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