Damien O'Reilly

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Damien O'Reilly
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre Back
Born 1967 (age 5556)
County Cavan
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Mullahoran
Club titles
Cavan titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1984-1998
Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1

Damien O'Reilly is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team. [1]

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Playing career

O’Reilly was a versatile footballer, he could play in defence or as a forward. He helped Cavan reach the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final in 1988, but they were defeated by Offaly. In 1989 Cavan had a great run in the National Football League claiming the Div. 2 title and reaching the semi-final, only to lose narrowly to Dublin in Croke Park. In the same year he won a Dr McKenna Cup medal when Cavan defeated Derry in the Final. He was a member of the Cavan squad that lost out in the Ulster Final in 1996. But, in 1997, O'Reilly set up Jason Reilly to score the winning goal and helped Cavan claim their first Ulster Senior Football Championship title in 28 years, beating Derry in Clones. [2] [3] [4]

He is perhaps best remembered for scoring an equalizing hooked point for Cavan in 1992 against Donegal. [5]

Honours

Mullahoran
Cavan

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References

  1. GAA profile Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today
  2. "Cavan Player List". 11 February 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. "O'Reilly, Damien". hoganstand.com. 22 May 1992. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. 1997 Ulster Final on YouTube Archived 20 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Damien O'Reilly (Cavan) - Brilliant Hooked Point v Donegal 1992 Ulster SFC". youtube.com. YouTube . Retrieved 9 March 2015.