Liam Silke

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Liam Silke
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Sioda
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Back
Born (1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 (age 29)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.828 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2013–
Corofin
Club titles
Galway titles 5
Connacht titles 3
All-Ireland Titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2015–
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3
NFL 1 (Div.2)
All Stars 1

Liam Silke (born 22 November 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county team. He is a nephew of All-Ireland SFC winning Galway captain Ray Silke. [1] Silke plays his club football for Corofin.

Silke is an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winner, having been part of the Corofin team that beat Slaughtneil in the 2015 Final. [2]

Silke made his senior championship debut for Galway against New York in the 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship, starting that game. [3] He was part of the team that won the 2016 Connacht Championship, the county's first provincial title since 2008. [4]

Honours

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References

  1. "Galway's Silke tips Mayo to win". The Mayo News . 9 June 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016. Silke, a teacher at Coláiste Iognáid in Galway, has been impressed with the likes of Micheál Lundy, Patrick Sweeney, Damien Comer and his nephew Liam Silke.
  2. "Corofin crowned football champions at HQ after recording comfortable victory over Slaughtneil". RTÉ Sport . 17 March 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. "12 counties represented on New York team with 4 debutants on Galway side for Big Apple clash". The42 . 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. "Goals fire Galway to first provincial title since 2008". RTÉ Sport . 17 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.