Greg Lally

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Greg Lally
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Personal information
Irish name Gregóir Ó Maolalaidh
Sport Hurling
Position Left half back
Born (1988-02-07) 7 February 1988 (age 35)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2005–
Gort
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2015–
Galway
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1

Greg Lally (born 7 February 1988) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a midfielder for the Galway senior team.

Born in Gort, County Galway, Lally first played competitive hurling in his youth. He was a key member of the Gort Community School senior team. At club level he is a two-time championship medallist with Gort. [1] [2]

Lally made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team who won the 2005 All Ireland. An All-Ireland runner-up in this grade in 2006, he later joined the under-21 side. [3] Lally made his senior championship debut during the 2015 championship.

On 3 September 2017, Lally was a substitute for Galway as they won their first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 29 years against Waterford. [4] [5]

Honours

Gort
Galway

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