Conleith Gilligan

Conleith "Deets" Gilligan (born 17 December 1979)[1] is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team, with whom he won two National League titles.

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 2
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1999–2012[2]
 Derry
Inter-county titles
NFL 2

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
  1. "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  2. Duggan, Keith (26 April 2008). "Perfectly positioned to deliver for Derry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  3. "Shamrocks and Emmett's set for epic tussle". Derry Journal. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  4. Heaney, Paddy (29 April 2008). "Derry ace Conleith drunk on success". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  5. "Derry Football Roll Of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  6. "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  7. "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  8. "Derry forward Conleth Gilligan calls time on 13-year inter-county career". RTÉ. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  9. "Derry line-ups 2005". Derry GAA website. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
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