Galway's Nigel Shaughnessy NAME: Nigel Shaughnessy DATE OF BIRTH: 2-12-1974 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Loughrea COUNTY: Galway NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS: Two All-Ireland Vocational Schools medals; one All-Ireland Minor medal in 1992; one All-Ireland Under 21 medal in 1993; Oireachtas medal and Railway Cup medal INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: January 1994 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Brian Corcoran, DJ Carey FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park OTHER SPORTING INTERESTS: Gaelic football, golf, racquetball FAVOURITE POSITION: Right half back FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Joe Cooney, DJ Carey, Brian Whelehan THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: All-Ireland Under 21 medal in 1993 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Clare in All-Ireland semi-final in 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Francis Forde, Conor O'Donovan, Michael Donohue, Peter Kelly WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Enforce the rules DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Treatment of players FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: Well done Trevor and Work, Work, Work Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 6th October 1995 Vol 5 No 40 Tweet

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