Cillian Morrison

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Cillian Morrison
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1991/12
Club(s)
YearsClub
20??–
 St Eunan's
Club titles
Donegal titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
20??–
 Donegal
Ulster titles 1

Cillian Morrison (born 1991/12) [1] is an Irish Gaelic footballer who has played for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team. He has also played association football in the League of Ireland.

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Early life

Morrison is from Glebe in Letterkenny. [1] [2] His father is Seamus and his mother is Marjorie. [1] He attended St Eunan's College. He went to University College Dublin (UCD) to study civil engineering after receiving a sports scholarship. [1]

Association football

Morrison played for Ballyraine as well as the Letterkenny and District schoolboys' team. He then played for Derry City under-age teams. [1] [2] He later scored a number of goals with UCD in the League of Ireland, having joined the team under their scholarship scheme. [1] [3] He later joined Cork City F.C. on an eighteen-month contract in 2014. [1] [4] It was his first professional contract. [1] He roomed with brothers Billy and Darren Dennehy, as well as Iarfhlaith Davoren. [1] He did not feature very much for Cork City. [4] Before joining Cork, he asked Cork captain John Dunleavy and Cork manager John Caulfield, who had managed Morrison when he played for the Irish university football team the previous year, about what it was like. [1] Morrison returned to northern soccer club Derry City in 2015. [2] [4]

Gaelic football

Morrison made a second-half substitute appearance for Donegal in the quarter-final of the 2010 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. [5] He came on as a first half substitute for Antoin McFadden in the final of the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship. [6] He won the penalty that Michael Murphy hit against the crossbar. [7]

He started the final of the 2009 Donegal Senior Football Championship before Conor Gibbons replaced him late in the game. [8]

After his club had won the 2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship, [9] [10] Morrison played in their 2014 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship campaign. Having dedicated his time to (association) football, he made his first start for his club in four years against Omagh in the semi-final, almost tying the game with a late goal. [4] [11] He had earlier appeared as a substitute in the quarter-final against Roslea Shamrocks. [12]

Morrison featured again for his county in the 2016 Dr McKenna Cup under the management of Rory Gallagher. [13]

Declan Bonner has shown interest[ vague ] in him in the past. [13]

Honours

Donegal
St Eunan's
UCD

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walsh, Harry (1 July 2014). "Morrison taken by Cork City appeal". Donegal News . Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Derry City sign Cillian Morrison from Cork City". BBC . BBC Sport. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Forker, Mark (29 January 2015). "Cillian Morrison not feeling any added pressure despite Patterson exist" . Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Forker, Mark (21 November 2014). "Cillian Morrison and Shaun Patton sign for Derry City" . Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (7 April 2020). "The diary, the dream and Donegal's first steps to 'the other place'" . Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 O'Toole, Fintan (6 April 2013). "Remember the last time that Jim Gavin managed against Jim McGuinness?: The opposing managers in tomorrow's Division 1 league tie in Ballybofey have come face to face before". The42.ie . Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. ↑ McNulty, Chris (7 November 2014). "St Eunan's overcome their 'lost generation' as Maxi Curran's 'new team' win Dr Maguire". Donegal News . Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "All too easy for Eunan's". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "St Eunan's recapture Donegal SFC title as pressure finally tells on Glenswilly: Michael Murphy's side dethroned after tight game decided by late scoring burst". The Irish Times . Irish Times Trust. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "St Eunan's champions again in Donegal". RTÉ Sport . RTÉ. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "St Enda's almost throw away lead, but battle through to beat St Eunan's: Letterkenny side push for equaliser in the second half, but Omagh club seals the victory with 54th-minute score". The Irish Times . Irish Times Trust. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014. Cork City's Cillian Morrison, making his first start for St Eunan's in four years due to soccer commitments, scored two first-half points and almost snatched an equalising goal late on, but his shot was well wide.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Chris (10 November 2014). "St Eunan's 1–9 Roslea 0–6". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media . Retrieved 10 November 2014. Rafferty put the cherry on the St Eunan's cake after working a neat one-two with Cillian Morrison – perhaps better known as the Cork City FC player – who came on as a late sub.
  13. 1 2 Bonner, Declan (9 January 2016). "Good start to McKenna Cup". Donegal News . Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "UCD claim 2013 Collingwood Cup". 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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