Conleith Gilligan

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

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b "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.