Chrissy McKaigue

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Chrissy McKaigue
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Back
Born (1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 34)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2006–present
 Slaughtneil
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Derry titles 5 11
Ulster titles 3 4
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2008–present
 Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 1

Christopher McKaigue (born 13 July 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team.

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McKaigue plays club football and hurling for Slaughtneil Robert Emmet's. He is a defender in football and a half forward in hurling.

He has represented Ireland in the International Rules Series.

Personal life

McKaigue is from Slaughtneil. He went to secondary school at St Patrick's College, Maghera. McKaigue also worked Gaelcholáiste Dhoire as a Physical Education teacher and is a Gaeilge learner.

Football career

Club

McKaigue has won numerous senior titles in both codes with Slaughtneil.

In hurling he has won the Derry Senior Hurling Championship nine times and the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship four times.

In football he is the holder of five Derry Senior Football Championships and three Ulster Senior Club Football Championships.

Inter-county

Minor

McKaigue was vice-captain of the Derry Minor team that were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county, and lifted the cup as captain.

Under-21

In 2008 McKaigue reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship final with Derry Under 21s, but they were beaten by Down due to a late goal. [1]

Senior

2008–2009

Later in 2008 he was drafted into the Derry Senior panel before the Championship meeting with Monaghan. [2] He came on as a substitute in that game to make his Derry Senior debut and scored a point. He was involved from the start of the 2009 season - named in the Dr McKenna Cup, [3] National League [4] and Championship [5] panels. Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry.

2022

In 2022, he won his first Ulster Senior Football Championship and Derry's first since 1998. They went on to reach the All-Ireland semi final that year, losing out to Galway. McKaigue, aged 33, won an All Star, becoming one of the oldest first time winners of that award. [6]

International rules

He played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series. [7] [8] He also played in the 2014 International Rules Series.

Australian rules football career

Chrissy McKaigue
Personal information
Full name Christopher McKaigue
Date of birth (1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 34)
Original team(s) Slaughtneil (club)/Derry (county team)
Draft No. 63, 2010 Rookie Draft, Sydney
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Defender

In September 2009, it was announced that Australian Football League side Sydney Swans had signed McKaigue as an international rookie. [9] It was anticipated he would play as an attacking defender. [9]

Honours

Slaughtneil
Derry
Individual

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References

  1. ↑ U-, Ulster (7 April 2008). "Sucker-punch from Kelly denies Derry". Irish Independent . Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Derry trio being watched". The Irish News . 15 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "New faces in Antrim McKenna squad". BBC Sport Online. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Kielt and McKaigue in Derry squad". BBC Sport Online. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Derry footballers hit by injuries". BBC Sport Online. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  6. ↑ Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.
  7. ↑ "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Swans look to Ireland again, sign McKaigue". AFL official website. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
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