Damien O'Reilly

Damien O’Reilly

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Defence, forward
Born	Co. Cavan, Ireland
Height	6.0
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Mullahoran GFC
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1984-1998	Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	1 & 1 (U-21)
NFL	1 (Div.2)

Damien O’Reilly was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan.^[1]

Playing career

O’Reilly was a versatile footballer, he could play in defence or as a forward. He helped Cavan reach the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final in 1988, but they were defeated by Offaly. In 1989, Cavan had a great run in the National Football League claiming the Div. 2 title and reaching the semi final, only to lose narrowly to Dublin in Croke Park. In the same year he won a Dr. McKenna Cup medal when Cavan defeated Derry in the Final. He was a member of the Cavan squad that lost out in the Ulster Final in 1996. But, in 1997, O’Reilly set up Jason Reilly to score the winning goal and helped Cavan claim their first Ulster Senior Football Championship title in 28 years, beating Derry in Clones.^[2][3][4]

He is perhaps best remembered for scoring a equalizing hooked point for Cavan in 1992 against Donegal.^[5]

References

1. ^ GAA profile
2. ^ http://irishnews125.blogspot.com/2009/02/125-cavan-player-list.html
3. ^ hoganstand.com interview
4. ^ 1997 Ulster Final on You Tube
5. ^ You Tube

Persondata
Name	Oreilly, Damien
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1967
Place of birth	Co. Cavan
Date of death
Place of death