Gallagher Rory
April 12, 1996
Fermanagh's Rory Gallagher
NAME: Rory Gallagher
DATE OF BIRTH: 22-8-78
HEIGHT: 6'
WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs
CLUB: Erne Gaels
COUNTY: Fermanagh
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Two Ulster Championships (Corn na nOg); Ulster Colleges All Star 1995
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Captained Northern Ireland Schoolboys Soccer Under 15
INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: v Galway, National Football League, December 1995
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: They are all tough
FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Healy Park, Omagh; Brewster Park, Enniskillen
HOBBIES: More football
FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half forward
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Stephen O'Brien, Colm O'Rourke, Peter Canavan
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father and mother
THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the 1993 Corn an nOg against St. Pats, Maghera
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Breaking my leg in October 1993
OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Shane King, Rory McEnhill, Declan Campbell
WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Clarification of the personal foul
DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Players should be allowed to enjoy more perks in the game
DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: All of them
PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Chris Eubank
FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'First is first and second is nothing'
PET HATES: Selfish players
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Any music
FAVOURITE FILM: Seven
IDEAL DATE: Pamela Anderson
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As part of Fermanagh's first Ulster Championship winning team
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
12th April 1996
Vol 6 No 15
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