Darren Strong

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Darren Strong
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right half back
Born (1985-07-04) 4 July 1985 (age 38)
Portlaoise, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2002-
Emo
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2005-
Laois

Darren Strong (born 4 July 1985) is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois. [1]

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References

  1. "Cahillane and Strong set for Laois debuts". BreakingNews.ie. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.