Clare's Niall Gilligan NAME: Niall Gilligan DATE OF BIRTH: 12-8-76 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 13st CLUB: Sixmilebridge COUNTY: Clare NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland club success, Munster Senior Championship NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Reached quarter final of Cheers Cup with Kilmurry United INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: 9th March 1997 v Laois TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Jamesie Keogh FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Cusack Park, Ennis HOBBIES: Hurling, reading and cycling FAVOURITE POSITION: Corner forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: John O'Connell, Gerry McInerney INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Joe Brady (Kilmurry NS), mentors in the underage club in Sixmilebridge THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Reaching the All-Ireland Final BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the Cheers Cup quarter final OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: John Redden WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: I do not think it can be improved any more PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Diego Maradona FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'How a we goin' on' PET HATES: Players that don't put it in in training FAVOURITE MUSIC: Oasis FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart IDEAL DATE: Kind, honest, caring. Be able to communicate well with Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 12th September 1997 Vol 7 No 37 Tweet

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