Ciarán Mullan

Ciarán Mullan

Personal information
Irish name	Ciarán Ó Maoláin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Corner forward
Born	22 March 1984 (1984-03-22) (age 27) Drumsurn, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname	Banty
Occupation	Electrician[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
200x-Present	Drumsurn
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2004-Present	Derry
Inter-county titles
NFL	1

Ciarán Mullan (Irish: Ciarán Ó Maoláin; 22 March 1984^[1]) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title. He plays his club football for St. Matthew's Drumsurn. He plays in the forward line for both club and county.

Football career

Inter-county

Mullan (left) in action against Fermanagh in the 2008 Dr. McKenna Cup

Mullan was part of the Derry Minor side that won the 2002 Ulster Minor and All-Ireland Minor Championships.^[2] He was a member of the Derry Under 21 team that finished runners-up in the 2004 Ulster Under 21 Championship.^[3]

He made his Derry Senior debut in 2004, but didn't make his Championship debut until Round 2 of the Qualifiers against Kildare in July 2006.^[4] Mullan missed most of the 2007 season, due to being in the United States, but has returned for the 2008 campaign. He helped Derry reach the 2008 Dr. McKenna Cup final, where they were defeated by Down GAA.^[5] He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.^[6]

Club

Mullan plays club football for Drumsurn. While in the United States in 2007 he was played for the Four Provinces team (from Philadelphia) that won the New York Senior Football Championship.

Honours

Inter-county

• National Football League:
  • Winner (1): 2008
• Dr. McKenna Cup:
  • Runner up: 2008, more?
• Ulster Under-21 Football Championship:
  • Runner up: 2004
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2002
• Ulster Minor Football Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2002

Club

• New York Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2007

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Early 2008. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=666&Itemid=184. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
2. ^ "Derry Football Roll Of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=122. Retrieved 31 March 2008. 
3. ^ "Hogan Stand results - April 2004". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. http://www.hoganstand.com/general/results/2004/april.aspx. Retrieved 11 January 2009. 
4. ^ Bogue, Declan (28 March 2008). "Mullan coming to the fore". Gaelic Life. http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/GL/free/312249451233126.php. Retrieved 1 April 2008. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Down secure McKenna Cup". BreakingNews.ie. 17 January 2008. http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2008/0127/sport/mheygbcwkfid/. Retrieved 1 April 2008. 
6. ^ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=630&Itemid=56. Retrieved 27 April 2008. 

External links

• Player profiles on Official Derry GAA website
• St. Matthew's GAC website
• Official Derry GAA website

Persondata
Name	Mullan, Ciaran
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 March 1984
Place of birth	Drumsurn, County Londonderry
Date of death
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