Danny Cummins

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Danny Cummins
Personal information
Irish name Dónal Ó Coimín
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left corner forward
Born (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 33)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2007–
 Claregalway
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2011–2019
 Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 1

Danny Cummins (born 27 March 1990) is an Irish sportsperson, who plays inter-county Gaelic football for Galway. He plays his club football for Claregalway. [1] He has also represented IT Sligo in the Sigerson Cup and FBD League. [2] [3]

Cummins played on the Galway team that won the Under-21 Championship in 2011. [4] He made his senior Championship debut in the same year, coming on as a substitute in Galway's Connacht semi-final defeat to Mayo. [5] In 2016, Cummins was part of the Galway team that won the Connacht Championship. In the replay of the final against Roscommon, Cummins scored two goals and was named man of the match as Galway won the J. J. Nestor Cup for the first time since 2008. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Oh Danny Boy the points, the points kept coming". The Tuam Herald . 17 May 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "N.U.I.G. make Sigerson Cup progress". The Tuam Herald . 23 February 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mayo fail to finish job against IT Sligo". The Mayo News . 25 January 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Galway U21 2-16 Cavan U21 1-09". RTÉ Sport . 1 May 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mayo 1-12 Galway 1-06". RTÉ Sport . 26 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "No playing safe as determined Tribesmen finally return to the top in Connacht". Connacht Tribune . 11 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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