Tom Cunniffe

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Tom Cunniffe
Personal information
Irish name Tomas Ó Conduibh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Back
Born Castlebar, Ireland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Castlebar Mitchels
Club titles
Mayo titles 1
Connacht titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2007–
Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 5
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Tom Cunniffe is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Castlebar Mitchels and the Mayo county team. [1]

He started at right corner back in the 2013 All-Ireland final which Mayo lost by a point to Dublin. [2]

Cunniffe later became one of the "well-known names on the New York side" that competes in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, according to the Irish Independent . [3]

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References

  1. "Cunniffe staying in Mayo for football". Mayo News. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. "Dublin win 2013 All-Ireland football final". The Score. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  3. Breheny, Martin; Verney, Michael (6 May 2017). "Sligo on high alert over New York threat". Irish Independent.