James Gallagher (Gaelic footballer)

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James Gallagher is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Gaoth Dobhair and the Donegal county team. He is a son of Helen and Neily Gallagher, who also played for Donegal, and has one sister and a brother, Manuel, with his brother also playing for Gaoth Dobhair. [1] [2]

From his 1994 debut, Gallagher played with Gaoth Dobhair until 2018, winning three Donegal Senior Football Championship titles and one Ulster Senior Club Football Championship title. [3] [4] For Donegal, he was involved in the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship games against Dublin at Croke Park, which Donegal lost after a replay. [1] He later stopped playing for the county because of work commitments. [1]

Gallagher married the week after his club's 2006 Donegal Senior Football Championship victory, and then visited Mauritius and Dubai, causing him to miss the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship game. [5] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McGeary, Micheal (21 March 2004). "Then and now — Free-sy does it: Gallagher was one of the best around". Belfast Telegraph .
  2. 1 2 "There'll be echoes of 2006 in Sunday's Senior B final". 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Best XV I have Played Against: James Gallagher". Donegal News . 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Craig, Frank (22 June 2019). "McGee's determination as fierce as ever". Donegal News . Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Gallagher ruled out". BBC Sport. 25 October 2006.
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