- Colm O'Neill (born 1964)
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Colm O'Neill Personal information Irish name Colm Ó Néill Sport Gaelic football Position Full forward Born Midleton, County Cork Club(s) Years Club 1980s-1990s Midleton Club Titles Cork titles 0 Inter-county(ies) Years County Apps (scores) 1984-1991 Cork 16 (2-24) Inter-county titles Munster titles 4 (2 as sub) All Irelands 2 (1 as sub) NFL 1 (1 as sub) All Stars 0 Colm O'Neill (born 1964 in Midleton, County Cork) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Midleton and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county football team from 1984 until 1991.[1]
He won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medal in 1981 scoring three goals in Cork's victory over a spirited Derry side which had a lot of players who would claim senior medals in 1993.
O'Neill won two All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship medals in 1984 and 1985. He was at corner forward in the rebels unsuccessful All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Meath in 1987 and came on as a substitute the following year (1988) against the same opposition when again the rebel county fell to Meath by a single point. In 1989 he was part of the team that won the All Ireland beating Mayo in the final.
1990 was by far O'Neills best year though the year ended on a low note when he was sent off by referee Paddy Russell for striking Meaths full back Mick Lyons in the All Ireland final that year which denied O'Neill a certain All Star and a Player of the Year nomination.
In 1991 O'Neill retired after a shock defeat to Kerry in the Munster Senior Football Championship semi final.
He currently is living in United States as a very successful publican.
References
- ^ "Cork Hurling Profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Cork/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
Teams
Cork - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1987 1 J. Kerins | 2 T. Davis | 3 C. Corrigan | 4 D. Walsh | 5 T. Nation | 6 C. Counihan (C) | 7 N. Cahalane | 8 S. Fahy | 9 T. McCarthy | 10 J. O'Driscoll | 11 L. Tompkins | 12 J. Kerrigan | 13 C. O'Neill | 14 C. Ryan | 15 J. Cleary |
Subs used: J. Evans for C. Corrigan | T. Leahy for S. Fahy | P. Hayes for C. Ryan |
Subs not used: F. Delaney | M. Slocum | D. Culloty | B. Coffey | T. Mannix | M. McCarthy | N. Creedon |
Manager: B. Morgan |Cork - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1989 (5th title) 1 J. Kerins · 2 N. Cahalane · 3 S. O'Brien · 4 J. Kerrigan · 5 M. Slocum · 6 C. Counihan · 7 T. Davis · 8 T. McCarthy · 9 S. Fahy · 10 D. Barry · 11 L. Tompkins · 12 B. Coffey · 13 P. McGrath · 14 D. Allen (Capt.) · 15 J. Cleary ·
Subs used: J. O'Driscoll for B. Coffey · M. McCarthy for S. Fahy · D. Culloty for J. Cleary ·
Subs not used: M. Maguire · T. Nation · D. Walsh · M. Burns · C. O'Neill · E. O'Mahony ·
Manager: B. Morgan ·
Selectors: B. Honahan · S. Murphy · D. Loughman · M. Farr ·Cork - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1990 (6th title) 1 J. Kerins | 2 T. Nation | 3 S. O'Brien | 4 N. Cahalane | 5 M. Slocum | 6 C. Counihan | 7 B. Coffey | 8 D. Culloty | 9 S. Fahy | 10 D. Barry | 11 L. Tompkins (C) | 12 T. McCarthy | 13 P. McGrath | 14 C. O'Neill | 15 M. McCarthy |
Subs used: P. Hayes for D. Barry | J. O'Driscoll for M. McCarthy | J. Cleary for P. McGrath |
Subs not used: M. Maguire | C. Corrigan | T. Davis | J. Kerrigan | D. Walsh | M. O'Connor |
Manager: B. Morgan |
Selectors: B. Honahan | S. Murphy | D. Loughman | C. Collins |Midleton - All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions 1988 (1st title) 1 G. Power (C) | 2 D. Mulcahy | 3 M. Boylan | 4 S. O'Mahony | 5 E. Cleary | 6 S. O'Brien | 7 P. Hartnett | 8 T. McCarthy | 9 M. Crotty | 10 J. Fenton | 11 J. Hartnett | 12 J. Boylan | 13 G. FitzGerald | 14 C. O'Neill | 15 K. Hennessy | Subs: G. Glavin | C. O'Neill | G. Smyth
Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- Midleton Gaelic footballers
- Midleton hurlers
- Cork Gaelic footballers
- Munster Gaelic footballers
- Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
- People from County Cork
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