Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Liam Ó Sioda | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right Corner Back | ||
Born |
Galway, Ireland | 22 November 1994||
Height | 1.828 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2013– | Corofin | ||
Club titles | |||
Galway titles | 5 | ||
Connacht titles | 3 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 3 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2015– | Galway | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 3 | ||
NFL | 1 (Div.2) | ||
All Stars | 1 |
Liam Silke (born 22 November 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county team. He is a nephew of All-Ireland SFC winning Galway captain Ray Silke.[1] Silke plays his club football for Corofin.
Silke is an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winner, having been part of the Corofin team that beat Slaughtneil in the 2015 Final.[2]
Silke made his senior championship debut for Galway against New York in the 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship, starting that game.[3] He was part of the team that won the 2016 Connacht Championship, the county's first provincial title since 2008.[4]
Silke, a teacher at Coláiste Iognáid in Galway, has been impressed with the likes of Micheál Lundy, Patrick Sweeney, Damien Comer and his nephew Liam Silke.