Raymond Gallagher (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Born | 1970s[1] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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? St Brigid's Donegal Boston | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1993–2003 | Fermanagh | ||
Raymond Gallagher (born 1970s) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for several clubs and the Fermanagh county team.
His father Raymond Snr, a farmer, died in 2007.[1][2] He was survived by his wife Mary, his only son and three daughters.[2] The politician Tommy Gallagher is an uncle of Gallagher's, on his father's side.[2] Fellow Fermanagh footballers Rory and Ronan Gallagher are cousins of his.[1]
From 1986, he attended secondary school at St Michael's College, Enniskillen, where he won the 1992 MacRory Cup.[1] He then played minor and under-21 football for his county, winning the 1994 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship.[1] He played senior football while still a minor in 1993, manager Hugh McCabe giving him his debut, and won an All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship, Dr McKenna Cup and National Football League Division Four.[1]
He sustained many injuries, first an athletic pubalgia as a teenager in 1993, a cruciate injury in 1994 which hampered his progress for the next two years, and two discs in his back which he had to have surgery on in 2001.[1]
He played on until 2003, moving to Dublin to play with St Brigid's, but missing out on Fermanagh's run to the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final.
He did captain Fermanagh in 2003.[3]
He also played for Donegal Boston.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Scott, Ronan (11 June 2020). "Raymond Gallagher on playing through the pain". Gaelic Life. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
I went to St Michael's in 1986 (first year).
- ^ a b c "The Late Raymond Gallagher". Hogan Stand. 30 June 2007.
- ^ Keys, Colm (19 May 2004). "Gallaghers rejoin Fermanagh squad". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Donegal Boston come of age". Hogan Stand. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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