Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Adrian Ó Fatharta | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born | Galway, Ireland | 8 May 1988||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Occupation | Quantity Surveyor | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2005–2012 2013–2014 | Claregalway Neasden Gaels | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2008–2012 2014 | Galway London | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 1 |
Adrian Faherty (born 8 May 1988) is a former Gaelic football goalkeeper who played club football with Claregalway and inter-county for Galway from 2008 to 2012 and London for the 2014 season. [1]
Faherty made his senior debut in 2008 during the league against Laois but never got his championship start until 2009 where they faced Sligo which proved a tight game but Galway got a 1-13 to 0-12 win to advance to the Connacht final.[ citation needed ]
On 19 July 2009 Galway faced (and were defeated by) Mayo. Galway faced Donegal in Round 4 of the All-Ireland qualifiers with Faherty in goal; however, Donegal ended Galway's campaign by knocking them out of the Championship.[ citation needed ]
He also played for Salthill Devon in the League of Ireland First Division. [2]
He emigrated to London and wasn't involved with Galway for the 2013 season.[ citation needed ]
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