Conleith Gilligan

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Conleith Gilligan
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Personal information
Irish name Conláed Mac Giollagáin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right Corner Forward
Born (1979-12-17) 17 December 1979 (age 44)
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

Club

Individual

  • Derry Senior Football Championship winning captain: 2006

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

References

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Gaelic games
Preceded by
Joe Cassidy
(Bellaghy)
Derry Senior Football Championship
winning captain

2006
Succeeded by
Paddy Bradley
(Glenullin)