David Glennon

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David Glennon
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Forward
Born Mullingar, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Tyrrellspass
Club titles
Westmeath titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2005-2013
Westmeath
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

David Glennon is a Gaelic footballer from Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, Ireland who plays for the Westmeath county team. [1] Glennon is considered to be one of the finest talents the county has ever produced. He was part of the League Final Div 2 in 2006 & 2008. [2]

He plays his club football with Tyrrellspass, [3] winning Westmeath Senior Football Championship medals in 2006 and 2007. He also played in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final in 2007 however Tyrrellspass lost out to Dublin side St Vincents His elder brother Dennis is also a member and was one of the first of the county to lift the Leinster trophy.

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References

  1. "O'Byrne Cup: Glennon goal sinks DIT". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. "Mayo stroll past Westmeath into semi-finals". RTÉ Sport . 3 April 2005. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. "Glennon and Martin left off U21 team". Hoganstand.com. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2011.