Michael Farragher

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Michael Farragher is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Corofin and the Galway county team. [1]

He captained Corofin to the club's second All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title in 2015. [2] He also had central roles in Corofin's run of three consecutive All-Ireland Club SFC titles from 2018 until 2020, scoring a goal in the first final to help his team to its third title, [3] before being sent off in the third final when the club claimed its fifth title. [4]

In 2010, he was based in Melbourne, where he played Australian rules football for Grovedale, and he also visited the Gold Coast. [5] In 2011, he won an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Galway. [6] [7] He played for the Galway senior team during Kevin Walsh's time as manager, and maintained his presence when Pádraic Joyce succeeded Walsh. [1] In 2019, he played for the McBride's club in Chicago, before returning to Corofin. [5]

Farragher's brother Martin also plays for Corofin and Galway. [1] [8] Both Farraghers are forwards. [1] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 O'Toole, Fintan (19 December 2019). "10 Corofin players involved as Galway footballers start plans for 2020 season". The42.ie.
  2. ↑ "Club History".
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Kevin (17 March 2018). "Corofin cut loose with breathtaking attacking display to land third All-Ireland title". The42.ie.
  4. ↑ O'Brien, Brendan (19 January 2020). "Corofin claim historic three-in-a-row after bitter All-Ireland final". Irish Examiner.
  5. 1 2 Devlin, Michael (3 January 2020). "Past defeats still hurt for Corofin's Michael Farragher".
  6. ↑ "Galway U21 2–16 Cavan U21 1–09". RTÉ. 1 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "All Ireland U21 Championship: Galway just too hot for Cavan". Belfast Telegraph. 2 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Donoghue, Eamon (13 June 2019). "GAA Statistics: Band of brothers — how the GAA's keeping it in the family". The Irish Times.
  9. ↑ Fanneran, Vinny (8 May 2023). "Galway GAA star issues statement as family 'stand together' over 'unprecedented' situation".
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