Colm Boyle

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Colm Boyle
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football (Peil Ghaelach)
Position Centre Back
Born (1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 (age 38)
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation Garda (police officer)
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Davitts
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2008–2021 [1]
Mayo 120 [1]
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 6
All-Irelands 0
All Stars 4

Colm Boyle (born 29 July 1986) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Davitts and, formerly, the Mayo county team. [2] He won four All Star Awards and played in four finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, losing them all and scoring an own goal in the third.

Playing career

Boyle won six Connacht Senior Football Championships and a National Football League title. [1]

He started at left half-back in three All-Ireland SFC finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost to Donegal (by a scoreline of 0–13 to 2–11, or four points) and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost to Dublin (by a scoreline of 1–14 to 2-12, or one point). [3] [4] [5] [6] The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, his fourth, was the third final in which he started at left half-back and it was another loss to Dublin.

Before that he started in the centre in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final as Mayo lost again, though Dublin needed a replay on this occasion.

He missed the 2020 and 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final losses to Dublin and Tyrone respectively, due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and retired from inter-county football at the end of 2021. [1]

Boyle made an appearance for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, scoring a total of one over. [7]

Boyle attended St Colman's College, Claremorris. [8] Ahead of the 2023 season, he was named coach and selector of the Mayo minor team ahead of the 2023 season. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Colm Boyle takes up coaching role with Mayo minors". RTÉ. 25 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Conroy leads Davitts home". The Mayo News . 18 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Donegal 2–11 0–13 Mayo". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Breheny, Martin (24 September 2012). "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "As it happened: Donegal v Mayo, All-Ireland SFC final". TheScore.ie. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dublin 2–12 Mayo 1–14". RTÉ. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ireland 57–35 Australia". RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  8. ↑ McGovern, Oisín (13 March 2025). "'It was nothing like I'd ever experienced' – Colm Boyle recalls playing for St Colman's". The Mayo News.
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