Charlie Redmond

Charlie Redmond

Personal information
Irish name	Cathal Mac Réamainn
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Firefighter
Club(s)
Years	Club
?	Erins Isle
Club titles
Dublin titles	2
Leinster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1983–?	Dublin	116 (15–306) [1]
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	7/8
All-Irelands	1
All Stars	3
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (00:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)).

Charles Redmond is a Dublin-born former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Dublin county team and current manager of Trinity Gaels seniors.

His notoriety within the game was secured during the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final when he was sent off but refused to leave the field of play; as a result, the GAA introduced red and yellow cards to the sport. ^[2] He missed Erin's Isle's club campaign as a result of the two sendings off. ^[3]

Playing career

Redmond received three All Stars for his performances with Dublin, in 1993, 1994 and in his only all-Ireland winning year with Dublin in 1995. He scored a goal in the 1995 All-Ireland final win over Tyrone which ended on a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–12; later in the same game he was controversially sent off. He also was on Dublin's winning side when Dublin won the National Football League in 1991 against neighbouring side Kildare; the game finished on a scoreline of 1–9 to 0–10. His second National Football League title came in 1993 when Dublin beat Donegal 0–10 to 0–6 in the replay of the final. Redmond missed from the penalty spot on three critical occasions, the 1988 Leinster final and the 1992 and 1994 All-Ireland finals which made the goal in the 1995 final all the more precious. Redmond was on the panel when Dublin won the 1983 All-Ireland.

Redmond won two Dublin Senior Football Championship medals with Erins Isle. He won the first in 1993 and, after appearing in the final on three occasions again, he finally won his second medal in 1997.

He was a placed ball specialist. ^[4] A clinical free kick taker for Dublin, he would often precede his kick by habitually licking his gloves three times and taking seven steps back and two to the left before running up to kick the ball.^{[ citation needed ]} However, when tasked with taking an early penalty facing the Canal End in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, he fired the ball over the bar instead and caused heavy favourites Dublin to lose the game. ^[5] He was then tasked with taking a penalty in front of Hill 16 in the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. His effort was saved and Dublin lost again.

In 2007, the Irish language television station TG4 did a documentary on Charlie Redmond and his football career.

Personal life

Redmond is a firefighter by profession and has featured in the Dublin fire brigade Halloween health and safety campaign.^{[ citation needed ]} His wife Grainne died of cancer in December 2016. ^[6]

References

1. McKeon, Conor (11 September 2019). "Dublin's all-time leading scorers: How Dean Rock surpassed Bernard Brogan - and his own father". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media . Retrieved 11 September 2019.
2. Sweeney, Peter (7 January 2019). "Leitrim player sent off, plays on and sets up vital score". RTÉ Sport . There's echoes of Dublin's Charlie Redmond in the 1995 All-Ireland football final, who was sent off in the second half against Tyrone by referee Paddy Russell, but stayed on the field. Only minutes later did Russell realise and send him from the field. The Dubs went on to lift Sam Maguire and it led the GAA to introduce yellow and red cards.
3. "How a loophole in the GAA rulebook helped Ballyboden win their first Dublin football crown: The first Dublin SFC Ballyboden St Enda's lifted in 1995 arrived in controversial circumstances". The42. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
4. Keane, Paul (31 August 2018). "Charlie Redmond remembers infamous red card: 'There's two fellas getting the gate here or nobody'". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 31 August 2018.
5. "Five other All-Ireland final Canal End penalty 'misses'". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 23 September 2005.
6. Curtis, Roy (31 August 2019). "'Losing your wife changes you hugely. In the prime of her life. It is hard to fathom' - Dublin legend Charlie Redmond". Irish Independent .