NAME: Mark Gallagher DATE OF BIRTH: 14/7/72 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 12st 10lbs CLUB: Devenish St. Marys COUNTY: Fermanagh PLACE OF WORK: Student in Jordanstown, Belfast HONOURS: 2 Senior Club Championships; 2 Senior Leagues; 1 Minor Championship; 1 Sigerson Cup; 1 Combined Universities 1990; 1 Ulster Colleges 1990 with St. Michaels, Enniskillen INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Laois in All-Ireland 'B' Championship, 1990, Irvinestown TOUGHEST OPPONENT: They are all tough these days, both at club and county level FAVOURITE GROUNDS: O'Neill Park, Clontibret, Monaghan and Brewster Park, Enniskillen FAVOURITE POSITION: Right corner forward SPORTING AMBITION: To win an Ulster title with the first team to do so for Fermanagh; a Ryan Cup title with Jordanstown and a county league title with Devenish in a couple of weeks time when we play county champions Lisnaskea in the final DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS: I play a lot of other sports, especially handball and squash BOYHOOD HEROES: Kerry's Mikey Sheehy and Peter McGinnity FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Bernard Flynn (Meath) and Vinny Murphy (Dublin) BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: My father Gerry and my club DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Too many games especially for younger players; the organisation of games for students just days before exams; inconsistent referees WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Referees courses involving players BEST GAME SEEN: Kerry v Offaly in 1982 All-Ireland Final BEST GAME PLAYED IN: Against Antrim in the 1991 Ulster Championship - I won the Man of the Match award in that game HOPES FOR 1991: Stay free from injury - help Fermanagh gain promotion from Div 2B of the NFL FERMANAGH HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUNGSTERS PLAYING - WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEIR FUTURE: Can only be good. Our first championship win since 1983 came this year when we beat Antrim. In that game, five young players made their debut - myself, Paul Brewster, Simon Bradley, Raymond Curran and Damien McCarragher and all played very well TIP FOR THE FUTURE: Armagh's Cathal O'Rourke. An excellent prospect who made his debut against Cork in the opening round of this year's NFL scoring 1-1. He comes from the Drumatee club ARE YOU ENVIOUS OF PLAYERS FROM THE BIGGER COUNTIES SUCH AS MEATH, DOWN OR KERRY? You can only be envious but you have to put up with it unless you do a Tompkins or a Fahy. You just hope that the big breakthrough comes in the near future CAN FERMANAGH BEAT ANTRIM, DONEGAL OR CAVAN IN NEXT YEAR'S ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIP? Without a doubt. With more new players like Sean Breen, Paul Fitzpatrick and Martin McDaid coming through, I think we can go a step further in 1992. But league success has to be our first priority Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 8th November 1991 Vol 1 No 34 Tweet

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