Rory O'Carroll

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Rory O'Carroll
Personal information
Irish name	Ruairí Ó Cearrbhaill
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	1989
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname	R O'C
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kilmacud Crokes
Club Titles
	Football	Hurling
Dublin titles	2	1
Leinster titles	2	0
All-Ireland titles	1	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2009-2010 2009-	Dublin(H) Dublin(F)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All Irelands	2
NFL	1

Rory O'Carroll is a footballer and hurler with Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. He lines out as the full back on the Dublin team. He is the brother of inter-county footballer Ross O'Carroll. Rory made his debut for Dublin against Kerry in March 2009.^[1]

Playing career

O'Carroll holds two All-Ireland medals. In 2009, he won an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winners medal with Kilmacud Crokes and in 2010, he won the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship with Dublin. He was named on the team chosen as the best 15 players at Under-21 level between 2005 and 2010.^[2] O'Carroll won the Leinster Senior Football Championship with Dublin in July 2011 at Croke Park against Wexford. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with Dublin in September 2011 against Kerry at Croke Park.^[3]^[4]

Personal

O'Carroll went to Oatlands in Stillorgan, and is currently a student in University College Dublin (UCD), where he studies French and History and plays for the college GAA teams. He is also well-known for engaging in charitable work in Dublin's inner city, in particular Brother Kevin's Capuchin centre in Smithfield. He is also a keen and capable Irish speaker. ^[5]

Honours

Football

2 Dublin Senior Football Championships (2008 2010)
2 Leinster Senior Club Football Championships (2008, 2010)
2 Leinster Under-21 Football Championships (2009, 2010)
1 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (2009)
3 Leinster Senior Football Championships (2011, 2012, 2013)
1 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2011)

Hurling

1 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (2012)
1 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2010)
1 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (2007)

References

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↑ Boyle, Donnchadh (15 February 2013). "Magician Murphy leaves 13-man UCD spellbound". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Irish Independent. 18 August 2010.

Dublin senior football team – current panel

1 S. Cluxton

8 M. D. MacAuley
9 C. O'Sullivan

Subs used: 25 E. O'Gara for Mannion; 20 D. Daly for McCaffrey; 26 D. Rock for Kilkenny; 22 K. McManamon for Andrews; 17 D. Bastick for Cooper

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

(Team on 22 September 2013)

v t e Dublin – 2010 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (2nd title)

1 V. Whelan 2 E. Culligan 3 R. O'Carroll 4 D. Nelson 5 J. Cooper 6 J. McCarthy 7 N. Devereux 8 S. Murray 9 C. Mullins 10 M. Coughlan 11 T. Furman 12 G. Sweeney 13 R. McCarthy 14 D. Rock 15 C. Dorney Subs used D. Quinn for McCarthy C. Reddin for McCarthy B. O'Rourke for Furman S. McGuinness for Nelson N. Brogan for Dorney Manager J. Gavin

Kilmacud Crokes – 2010 Dublin Senior Football Champions

1 D. Nestor
2 C. Lamb
3 Rory O'Carroll
4 Ross O'Carroll
5 B. McGrath
6 C. O'Sullivan
7 R. Ryan
8 N. Corkery
9 P. Duggan
10 A. Morrissey
11 D. Kelleher
12 L. Óg Ó hÉineacháin
13 B. O'Rorke
14 B. Kavanagh
15 P. Burke

Sub used: M. Vaughan for B. O'Rorke; C. Dias for A. Morrissey; L. McBarron for P. Duggan; N. McGrath for N. Corkery

Manager: P. Carr

(Team as of October 2010 versus St. Brigids)

Dublin – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (23rd title)

Subs used: 21 P. McMahon for McCarthy; 24 K. McManamon for Flynn; 20 E. O'Gara for Cahill; 25 E. Fennell for Bastick

Subs not used: 16 M. Savage; 17 P. Conlon; 18 P. Casey; 19 D. Henry; 22 T. Quinn; 23 S. Murray; 26 R. McConnell; 27 C. Dias; 28 D. Lally; 29 P. Brogan; 30 P. Griffin

Manager: P. Gilroy

Dublin - 2013 National Football League Champions (9th title)

Subs used: 19 S. Carthy for Whelan; 22 K. McManamon for Cullen; 17 D. Bastick for O'Sullivan; 21 P. McMahon for MacAuley; 25 D. Rock for Brogan

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

Dublin – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (24th title)

Subs used: 25 E. O'Gara for Mannion; 20 D. Daly for McCaffrey; 26 D. Rock for Kilkenny; 22 K. McManamon for Andrews; 17 D. Bastick for Cooper

Subs not used: 16 S. Supple; 18 S. Carthy; 19 B. Cullen; 21 M. Fitzsimons; 23 K. Nolan; 24 K. O'Brien

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

(Team on 22 September 2013)

v t e 2013 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 S. Cluxton 2 C. Walshe 3 R. O'Carroll 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 C. O'Sullivan 7 C. Boyle 8 M. D. MacAuley^FOTY 9 A. O'Shea 10 P. Flynn 11 C. Cooper 12 S. Cavanagh 13 J. O'Donoghue 14 B. Brogan 15 C. McManus

Persondata
Name	Ocarroll, Rory
Alternative names
Short description	Enjoys the presence of strong muscley men in shorts. (See dublin U21 team photo)
Date of birth
Place of birth	Stillorgan
Date of death
Place of death

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