Niall Cahalane
Personal information | ||||||
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Irish name | Niall Ó Cathaláin | |||||
Sport | Gaelic football | |||||
Position | Left corner-back | |||||
Born |
Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland | 25 September 1963|||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||
Occupation | Auctioneer | |||||
Club(s) | ||||||
Years | Club | |||||
1979-2004 1986-1993 |
Cork titles | 3 | ||||
Munster titles | 3 | |||||
Inter-county(ies) | ||||||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1983-1997 | Cork | 36 (0-05) | ||||
Inter-county titles | ||||||
Munster titles | 7 | |||||
All-Irelands | 2 | |||||
NFL | 1 | |||||
All Stars | 2 |
Niall Cahalane (born 25 September 1963) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned fourteen seasons from 1983 to 1997.[1]
Football career
Born in
Cahalane made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Cork minor team. He had one championship season with the minor team, culminating with the winning of an
After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1985, Cahalane was a regular member of the starting fifteen at various times until 1997.
Cahalane was selected as a member of the
Even during his playing days Cahalane was involved in team management and coaching. He served as player-manager of the Castlehaven club, before becoming involved in all levels as a coach in his retirement. Cahalane has also served as a selector with the University College Cork team.
His son, Damien Cahalane, has also played Gaelic football and hurling.[4]
Career statistics
Team | Season | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||
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Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Cork | 1984 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 |
1985 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
1986 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
1987 | 3 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | 6 | 0-01 | |
1988 | 2 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | |
1989 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |
1990 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | |
1991 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |
1992 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | |
1993 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | |
1994 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | |
1995 | 2 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | |
1996 | 2 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-02 | |
1997 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
Total | 23 | 0-03 | 13 | 0-02 | 36 | 0-05 |
Honours
- Castlehaven
- 1997
- Cork Under-21 Football Championship: 1981, 1983
- West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1989, 1990
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995 (c)
- National Football League: 1988–89
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1984(c)
- (c)
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1981
- Munster Minor Football Championship: 1981
- Ireland
References
- ^ "Niall Cahalane: a chunk of Castlehaven rock". Hogan Stand. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Player profile: Niall Cahalane". Castlehaven GAA. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Shock one-year ban for Cahalane". Irish Independent. 12 December 1997. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Sons and their fathers". Irish Examiner. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2017.