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David Beggy Personal information Sport Gaelic football Position - Born County Meath, Ireland Nickname Jinksy Club(s) Years Club ?-? Navan O'Mahonys Inter-county titles Leinster titles ? All Irelands 2 All Stars 2 David 'Jinksy' Beggy is an All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from County Meath.
Beggy who played with his club, Navan O'Mahonys won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships in 1987 and 1988. He also received two all stars while playing with Meath as well as playing Rugby with Leinster. Having come from a rugby playing background, 'Jinksy' Beggy with no underage pedigree in GAA, burst onto the scene in the summer of 1986 and went on to become a huge favourite with the Meath supporters. David claims to have raced against a greyhound in Shelbourne Park for charity, and won. David ran half the track, while the greyhound ran the full track, his reasoning being the dog had four legs and he only has two. In 2007 RTÉ's Charity You're A Star, David teamed up with other former GAA All Stars, Jack O'Shea and Barney Rock to raise money for the 'Gary Kelly Cancer Support Center' and went on to win the show. David is still involved in Gaelic Football and is currently the manager of the senior football team at St Mary's GAA Club, Leixlip.
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Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1987 (4th title) 1 M. McQuillan | 2 R. O'Malley | 3 M. Lyons (Capt.) | 4 T. Ferguson | 5 K. Foley | 6 L. Harnan | 7 M. O'Connell | 8 L. Hayes | 9 G. McEntee | 10 D. Beggy | 11 J. Cassells | 12 P. J. Gillic | 13 C. O'Rourke | 14 B. Stafford | 15 B. Flynn | Subs: C. Coyle | P. Lyons | Manager: S. Boylan
Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1988 (5th title) 1 M. McQuillan | 2 R. O'Malley | 3 M. Lyons | 4 T. Ferguson | 5 C. Coyle | 6 L. Harnan | 7 M. O'Connell | 8 L. Hayes | 9 G. McEntee | 10 D. Beggy | 11 J. Cassells (Capt.) | 12 P. J. Gillic | 13 C. O'Rourke | 14 B. Stafford | 15 B. Flynn | Subs: M. McCabe Manager: S. Boylan
1987 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 G. McEntee | 2 J. Kearns | 3 R. O'Malley | 4 C. Corrigan | 5 T. Scullion | 6 N. Cahalane | 7 T. Spillane | 8 G. Lynch | 9 B. McGilligan |
10 D. Beggy | 11 L. Tompkins | 12 K. Duff | 13 V. Daly | 14 B. Stafford | 15 B. Flynn1990 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 J. Kearns | 2 R. O'Malley | 3 S. O'Brien | 4 T. Ferguson | 5 M. Slocum | 6 C. Counihan | 7 M. O'Connell | 8 S. Fahy | 9 M. Quinn |
10 D. Beggy | 11 V. Daly | 12 J. McMullan | 13 P. McGrath | 14 K. O'Brien | 15 J. McCartanYou're a Star Series Presenters Judges Linda Martin · Phil Coulter · Darren Smith · Kerry McFadden · Louis Walsh · Dave Fanning · Barbara Galvin · Hazel Kaneswaran · Thomas Black · Brendan O'Connor · Keith Duffy · Michelle HeatonWinners Main series: Mickey Joe Harte · Chris Doran · Donna and Joseph McCaul · Lucia Evans · David O'Connor · Leanne Moore
Celebrity series: David Mitchell · John Aldridge · The All-Stars (David Beggy, Barney Rock, Jack O'Shea)Winners' songs Runners-up Main series: Simon Casey · James Kilbane · Jade · The Sullivan Brothers · 21 Demands · Robyn Kavanagh
Celebrity series: Finian McGrath · Áine Ní Dhroigneáin · Seán Bán BreathnachOther notable contestants Presenter and judge names shown in italics were part of the show for one series or less. Categories:- Meath Gaelic footballers
- Navan O'Mahoneys Gaelic footballers
- Living people
- 1987 Gaelic Athletic Association All Star Awards winners (football)
- 1990 Gaelic Athletic Association All Star Awards winners (football)
- Gaelic footballers who switched code
- Irish rugby union players
- Leinster Rugby players
- Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
- Irish rugby union biography stubs
- Leinster Gaelic football biography stubs
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