Raymond Gallagher (Gaelic footballer)

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Raymond Gallagher
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1970s [1]
Club(s)
YearsClub
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St Brigid's
Donegal Boston
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1993–2003
 Fermanagh

Raymond Gallagher (born 1970s) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for several clubs and the Fermanagh county team.

His father Raymond Snr, a farmer, died in 2007. [1] [2] He was survived by his wife Mary, his only son and three daughters. [2] The politician Tommy Gallagher is an uncle of Gallagher's, on his father's side. [2] Fellow Fermanagh footballers Rory and Ronan Gallagher are cousins of his. [1]

From 1986, he attended secondary school at St Michael's College, Enniskillen, where he won the 1992 MacRory Cup. [1] He then played minor and under-21 football for his county, winning the 1994 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. [1] He played senior football while still a minor in 1993, manager Hugh McCabe giving him his debut, and won an All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship, Dr McKenna Cup and National Football League Division Four. [1]

He sustained many injuries, first an athletic pubalgia as a teenager in 1993, a cruciate injury in 1994 which hampered his progress for the next two years, and two discs in his back which he had to have surgery on in 2001. [1]

He played on until 2003, moving to Dublin to play with St Brigid's, but missing out on Fermanagh's run to the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final.

He did captain Fermanagh in 2003. [3]

He also played for Donegal Boston. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Scott, Ronan (11 June 2020). "Raymond Gallagher on playing through the pain". Gaelic Life . Retrieved 11 June 2020. I went to St Michael's in 1986 (first year).
  2. 1 2 3 "The Late Raymond Gallagher". Hogan Stand . 30 June 2007.
  3. ↑ Keys, Colm (19 May 2004). "Gallaghers rejoin Fermanagh squad". Irish Independent .
  4. ↑ "Donegal Boston come of age". Hogan Stand . 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.


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