Damien Healy

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Damien Healy
Personal information
Irish name Damian Ó hÉilí
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre Back
Born Mullingar, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Occupation Lecturer
Club(s)
YearsClub
St Mary's Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath, Ireland.
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1996–2010
Westmeath
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
NFL 3

Damien Healy is a former Gaelic footballer from County Westmeath, Ireland. He played for the Westmeath county team from 1996 to 2010. [1] He won National League Division 2 medals in 2001, 2003 and 2008, and was centre back on the 2004 Leinster Championship winning team. He also won Railway Cup honours with Leinster. He played his club football with St Mary's Rochfortbridge.

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References

  1. "Lake County stalwarts retire". Hoganstand.com. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.