Leighton Glynn

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Leighton Glynn
Personal information
Irish name Lachtnáin Mag Fhloinn
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Forward
Hurling Position: Wing-Forward
Born (1982-04-08) 8 April 1982 (age 40)
Glenealy, County Wicklow
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname Ginnet
Club(s)
YearsClub
2000 – present
1999 – present
Glenealy (Hurling)
Rathnew (Football)
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Wicklow titles 11 10
Leinster titles 1 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2002 – present
Wicklow
Inter-county titles
 FootballHurling
League titles 1 1

Leighton Glynn is a Gaelic football and hurling player from County Wicklow in Ireland. He was born and raised in Glenealy, County Wicklow. He has represented the Wicklow senior GAA teams in both football and hurling. At club level, he plays hurling for Glenealy [1] and football for Rathnew. [2]

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Playing career

Club

In December 2001, Leighton won a Leinster Senior Club Championship with Rathnew when they defeated a Na Fianna team that included Kieran McGeeney and Jason Sherlock after extra time in a replay. The first match which ended in a draw saw Leighton spring from the bench with Rathnew behind to score a point before Mark Doyle levelled to set up a replay. In the replay Leighton was named as corner back alongside current Wicklow full back Damian Power as Rathnew made history in capturing the title for the first time in their history in a score of 2-16 to 1-10 after extra time. He added other county titles in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010. He has also won Wicklow Senior Hurling Championships 10 times in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 with Glenealy.

Hurling

He was part of the Wicklow team that won the All Ireland B Championship in 2003 when they over came Roscommon in the final. Glynn was a member of the Wicklow squad which reached the National Hurling League Division Two final in 2007. [3] In 2011 after a number of years away from intercounty hurling he rejoined the team and helped them to win a National Hurling League Div 3A title. Later he helped them reach a first Christy Ring Cup final but Kerry proved too strong on the day running out 2-21 to 2-09 winners. He was captain of the county team in 2006.

Football

Glynn first came on the intercounty scene in the mid-2000s. He won a Tommy Murphy Cup with Wicklow footballers under new manager Mick O'Dwyer. He played an instrumental role in the final, scoring 1-4 against Antrim. [4] [5] Leighton was also named as GPA Tommy Murphy Cup player of the year 2007 In 2008, Wicklow defeated Kildare in the Leinster Senior Football Championship and reached the Lenister quarter-final, where they lost narrowly to Laois. Leighton again, was a major influence in these games and picked up the Vodafone Player of the Month award as a result. [6] In the Tommy Murphy Cup, Wicklow reached the final again, but were defeated by Antrim. [7] Glynn was selected in the Ireland squad for the 2008 International Rules Series. [8] As a result of this, Glynn also picked up Wicklow Senior Footballer of the Year for 2008. [9] Leighton was named as Wicklow's senior football captain for 2009 and 2010. [10] 2009 can be considered as one of Wicklow's most successful years. For the first time in their history, Wicklow played 6 Championship matches. In these 6 matches they defeated Longford in Leinster and they bet Fermanagh, Cavan and Down in the Qualifiers. Against Down, Leighton gave an inspirational performance and scored 1-3 from play. He was also given man of the match against Fermanagh where he gave a workman like performance to see Wicklow through to play Cavan. Leighton's run with Wicklow ended against a strong Kildare team who advanced to the 1/4 finals to play Tyrone. In September 2009 Leighton was nominated for a GAA All Star Award, along with Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney's star corner back Ciarán Hyland.

In 2012 he was captain of the Wicklow side that won the Div 4 National Football Lagaue title in Croke Park.

He was a selector under John Evans.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Club

Rathnew
Glenealy

County

Wicklow GAA

Football

Hurling

Country

Ireland

Personal

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