Karol Mannion

Karol Mannion
Personal information
SportGaelic Football
PositionMidfield
BornCounty Roscommon
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
1990's-St. Brigids
Club titles
Roscommon titles6
Connacht titles4
All-Ireland Titles1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2002-2014Roscommon
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles1
NFL0

Karol Mannion is a Gaelic footballer for Roscommon and St. Brigids.

He first came to prominence with the Roscommon junior team that won Connacht and All-Ireland titles in 2000.[1] He was also part of the Roscommon team[2] that won the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 2010.

He plays his club football with St. Brigids[3] with whom he has had much success winning Roscommon Senior Football Championship medals in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He also has won Connacht Senior Club Football Championships in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He also played in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final but lost out to Crossmaglen Rangers. St. Brigids were back in the final again in 2013 and won by one point to become the first team from Roscommon to win an All-Ireland club title. He also picked up the Man of the Match award. He announced his retirement from Inter-County football in January 2014.[4][5]

Honours

Inter-county
Club

References

  1. ↑ "Football". Hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  2. ↑ "Mannion delighted with Connacht draw". Hoganstand.com. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Mannion eyes more silverware". Hoganstand.com. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Roscommon's Karol Mannion Calls time on 12 year Intercounty Career". Irish Independent. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mannion calls time on 12 year Rossies career". Irish Independent. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.