Cillian O'Connor

Cillian O'Connor
Personal information
Irish name	Cillian O'Connor
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Full Forward
Born	1992 (age 23–24) Castlebar, Ireland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
2009-	Ballintubber
Club titles
Mayo titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2011-	Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	5
All Stars	1

Cillian O'Connor is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team. He plays his club football for Ballintubber. O'Connor has started at full forward in two All-Ireland football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1-14 to 2-12 against Dublin - O'Connor scored five frees in the former and eight frees in the latter.

Honours

Team

Connacht Championship (5) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.

Individual

All Stars Young Footballer of the Year (2) 2011, 2012^[1]^[2]
Mayo Footballer of the Year (1) 2011^[3]

References

↑ Boyle, Donnchadh (29 February 2012). "O'Connor aiming high with Mayo". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 29 February 2012.
↑ "Cillian O'Connor takes Young Footballer of the Year Award again while Galway hurlers scoop 6 All-Stars". Midwest Radio. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ "O'Connor pays tribute to teammates". Hogan Stand. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

External links

Interview with Mayo News

Awards
Preceded by Aidan Walsh (Cork)	All Stars Young Footballer of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Himself
Preceded by Himself	All Stars Young Footballer of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)

Mayo senior football team – current panel

1 R. Hennelly

8 S. O'Shea
9 T. Parsons

10 D. O'Connor
19 B. Moran
12 K. McLoughlin

Subs: 20 P. Durcan for Vaughan; 21 A. Moran for S. O'Shea; 26 A. Freeman for B. Moran; 13 D. Drake for Boyle; 22 S. Coen for Parsons; 24 M. Ronaldson for McLoughlin

Subs not used: 16 D. Clarke; 17 K. Keane; 18 B. Harrison; 23 A. Dillon; 25 M. Sweeney

Managers: P. Holmes, N. Connelly

Selectors: M. Collins, B. Solan

Coach: D. Buckley

(Team as of 6 September 2015 versus Dublin)

Mayo – 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. Clarke (c) 2 K. Keane 3 G. Cafferkey 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 D. Vaughan 7 C. Boyle 8 B. Moran 9 A. O'Shea 10 K. McLoughlin 11 J. Doherty 12 A. Dillon 13 E. Varley 14 C. O'Connor 15 M. Conroy Subs used 26 A. Freeman for Doherty 23 J. Gibbons for Conroy 22 S. O'Shea for Moran 19 R. Feeney for Varley Manager J. Horan

Mayo – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 R. Hennelly 2 T. Cunniffe 3 G. Cafferkey 4 C. Barrett 5 L. Keegan 6 D. Vaughan 7 C. Boyle 8 A. O'Shea 9 S. O'Shea 10 K. McLoughlin 11 K. Higgins 12 A. Dillon 13 C. O'Connor 14 A. Freeman 15 A. Moran (c) Subs used 24 M. Conroy for A Freeman 22 C. Carolan for T Cunniffe 25 E. Varley for A Dillon 20 B. Moran for S O'Shea 26 J. Doherty for A Moran Manager J. Horan

2014 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. Durcan 2 P. Murphy 3 N. McGee 4 K. Higgins 5 J. McCarthy 6 P. Crowley 7 C. Boyle 8 N. Gallagher 9 D. Moran 10 P. Flynn 11 M. Murphy 12 D. Connolly 13 C. O'Connor 14 K. Donaghy 15 J. O'Donoghue^FOTY

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