Ciarán Mullan

Ciarán Mullan
Personal information
Irish name Ciarán Ó Maoláin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner forward
Born (1984-03-22) 22 March 1984 (age 40)
Drumsurn, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname Banty
Occupation Electrician[1]
Club(s)
Years Club
200x–present
 Drumsurn
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2004–present
 Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

Ciarán Mullan (22 March 1984)[1] is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team, with whom he has won a National League title. He plays his club football for St Matthew's Drumsurn. He plays in the forward line for both club and county.

Football career

Inter-county

Mullan was part of the Derry Minor side that won the 2002 Ulster Minor and All-Ireland Minor Championships.[2] He was a member of the Derry Under 21 team that finished runners-up in the 2004 Ulster Under 21 Championship.[3]

He made his Derry Senior debut in 2004, but did not make his Championship debut until Round 2 of the Qualifiers against Kildare in July 2006.[4] Mullan missed most of the 2007 season, due to being in the United States, but has returned for the 2008 campaign. He helped Derry reach the 2008 Dr McKenna Cup final, where they were defeated by Down.[5] He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[6]

Club

Mullan plays club football for Drumsurn. While in the United States in 2007 he was played for the Four Provinces team (from Philadelphia) that won the New York Senior Football Championship.[citation needed]

Honours

Inter-county

Club

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

  1. ^ a b "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Spring 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Derry Football Roll Of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Hogan Stand results - April 2004". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  4. ^ Bogue, Declan (28 March 2008). "Mullan coming to the fore". Gaelic Life. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Down secure McKenna Cup". BreakingNews.ie. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.