Niall Gilligan

Niall Gilligan

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Forward
Born	12 August 1976 (1976-08-12) (age 35) Sixmilebridge, County Clare
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname	Gilly
Occupation	Auctioneer
Club(s)
Years	Club
1990s - present	Sixmilebridge
Club Titles
Clare titles	3
Munster titles	2
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1997 - 2010	Clare	56 (20-??)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	1
All Stars	1

Niall Gilligan (born 12 August 1976 in Sixmilebridge, County Clare) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Sixmilebridge and is a former player with the Clare senior inter-county team.

Playing career

Club

Gilligan plays for Sixmilebridge. He helped the club to an All Ireland Club title in 1996, where he appeared as a substitute. He won further Clare titles in 2000 and 2002, and a Munster Senior Club Hurling title in 2002.^[1]

Inter-county

Gilligan made his debut for Clare in 1997, helping Clare to their 3rd All Ireland title. He won another Munster medal in 1998, and contested the Munster final in 1999 and 2008.^[2] He also won an All Star in 1999.^[3] In January 2010, Gilligan announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.^[4]

In 2011, Gillgan played with the Clare Intermediate team in the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship where he scored 1-5 against Cork in the semi-final.^[5] He later helped Clare to there first ever Munster when they beat Limerick in the final. In the semi final Clare overcame Galway helped by 0-08 from Gilligan. They went on to won a first All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship when they beat Kilkenny in the final, he scored 0-03 in the game.

References

1. ^ "Athenry win Connacht hurling title". RTÉ Sport. 2002-11-17. http://www.rte.ie/sport/2002/1117/hurling.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06. 
2. ^ "Tipperary 2-21 Clare 0-19". RTÉ Sport. 2008-07-13. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0713/tipperary_clare.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06. 
3. ^ "GAA: Six Hurling All-Stars for Cork". RTÉ Sport. 1999-12-02. http://www.rte.ie/sport/1999/1202/gaa1.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06. 
4. ^ "Gilligan calls time on Clare career". Irish Independent. 2010-01-06. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/gilligan-calls-time-on-clare-career-2000701.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06. 
5. ^ "Old Clare heroes star". Irish Times. 20 June 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0620/1224299224108.html. Retrieved 20 June 2011. 

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Persondata
Name	Gilligan, Niall
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Date of birth	12 August 1976
Place of birth	Sixmilebridge
Date of death
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