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 36)
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.

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 football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost to Donegal by a scoreline of 0-13 to 2-11 and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost to Dublin by a scoreline of 1-14 to 2-12. [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 was named coach and selector of the Mayo minor team ahead of the 2023 season. [1]

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References

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  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.
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