Ger Farragher

Ger Farragher
Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	10 June 1983 (age 41); Galway, Ireland
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1999-	Castlegar
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2002-2011	Galway
Inter-county titles
NHL	1
All Stars	1

Last updated September 04, 2024

Ger Farragher (born 10 June 1983) is an Irish sportsman. He played in the forward line on the Galway senior hurling team. He plays his club hurling with Castlegar.

Farragher was born in Galway in 1983 and has had much success in the game of hurling. At inter-county level he has won 2 back-to-back minor All-Ireland medals in 1999 and 2000. In 2002 he made his senior championship debut and has gone on to be one of the game's most prolific scorers. Farragher also has an All-Ireland senior hurling runners-up medal from 2005 when he was the top-scorer in the championship. He has also played on Institute of Technology, Sligo's Ryan Cup team. In 2005 Farragher claimed his first All-Star Award.^[1]

In 2010, Farragher was named Opel GPA player of the League for his performance in the National Hurling League that year.^[2]

Farragher also played soccer with Oranbay 90 (now incorporated in Maree Oranmore FC) in the Galway FA leagues. Farragher usually operated as a winger for the Maree Oranmore outfit

Career statistics

Team	Year	National League			Leinster		All-Ireland		Total
Team	Year	Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Galway	2002	Division 1A	0	0-00	0	0-00	2	0-01	2	0-01
	2003		2	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	2	0-00
	2004		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2005		7	2-54	0	0-00	6	3-57	13	5-111
	2006	Division 1B	5	2-31	0	0-00	4	1-22	9	3-53
	2007		4	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	4	0-00
	2008		7	4-53	0	0-00	2	0-04	9	4-57
	2009	Division 1	4	0-10	0	0-00	3	0-03	7	0-13
	2010		7	0-44	4	1-28	1	0-02	12	1-74
	2011		6	0-44	0	0-00	3	0-10	9	0-54
Total			42	8-236	4	1-28	21	4-99	67	13-363

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References

↑ "Ger takes new steps forward". Irish Independent . 9 March 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
↑ "Steven McDonnell and Galway's Ger Farragher win Awards". Sportsnewsireland.com. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.

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[1] "Ger takes new steps forward". Irish Independent . 9 March 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.

[2] "Steven McDonnell and Galway's Ger Farragher win Awards". Sportsnewsireland.com. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.

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