Diarmuid Duggan

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Diarmuid Duggan
Personal information
Irish name Diarmuid Ó Duagáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-back
Born 1980
Lisheen, County Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Duggie
Occupation Primary school principal
Club(s)
YearsClub
Ilen Rovers
Carbery
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
Mary Immaculate College
College titles
Sigerson titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2005-2008
Cork 6 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13:04, 18 April 2020.

Diarmuid Duggan (born 1980) is an Irish former Gaelic football player and manager who played for club side Ilen Rovers, at the divisional level with Carbery and inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out at right corner-back.

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Career

Duggan first came to Gaelic football prominence with the Ilen Rovers club in West Cork, with whom he won an All-Ireland Club Championship medal in the intermediate grade in 2004. [1] He had earlier won county junior and intermediate medals. Duggan first played for Cork at minor and under-21 levels, while he won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 2001. He subsequently progressed onto the Cork senior team and won two Munster Championship medals and was a substitute when Cork wwasbeaten by Kerry in the 2007 All-Ireland final. As a player with Munster, Duggan won a Railway Cup medal in 2008. A series of injuries brought an end to his playing career, and he turned to coaching and team management with his home club. [2]

Honours

Ilen Rovers
Cork
Munster

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References

  1. "Ilen Rovers' minor double over Newtown sparked the start of a golden era". Echo Live. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. "I burnt myself out - Duggan". Hogan Stand. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2021.