Fachtna Collins

Fachtna Collins
Personal information
Irish name Fachtna Ó Coileáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfielder
Born 1973
Aughadown, County Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Occupation Veterinary surgeon
Club(s)
Years Club
 Ilen Rovers
→ Carbery
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
1991-1996
 University College Dublin
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1996-2001
 Cork 10 (1-03)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Fachtna Collins (born 1973) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Ilen Rovers divisional side Carbery and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.[1]

Career

Collins first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Ilen Rovers club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with St. Fachtna's De La Salle College in Skibbereen and, after winning consecutive Corn Uí Mhuirí titles, won a Hogan Cup medal in 1991.[2][3] As a student at University College Dublin, Collins captained the senior team to the Sigerson Cup title in 1996.[4]

Collins progressed to adult level with his club and won numerous South West JAFC titles before winning a Cork JAFC title in 2001 and a Cork IAFC title in 2003.[5] He was at midfield when Ilen Rovers beat St. Michael's to win the inaugural All-Ireland ICFC title in 2004.[6] Collins also lined out with divisional side Carbery.

Collins first played for Cork as a member of the minor team that beat Mayo in the 1991 All-Ireland minor final.[7] He later claimed All-Ireland honours as a member of the junior team in 1993 and with the under-21 team in 1994.[8][9] Collins's performances with the junior team earned a call-up to the senior team in 1996. He won National League and Munster Championship titles in 1999, however, Cork were beaten by Meath in that year's All-Ireland final.[10]

Honours

St. Fachtna's De La Salle College
University College Dublin
Ilen Rovers
Cork

References

  1. ^ "Collins hoping Ilen will call the tune". Irish Examiner. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Football heroes who put St Fachtna's de la Salle Skibbereen on the map". The Southern Star. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  3. ^ "West Cork clubs united as St Fachtna's collected the Hogan Cup". Echo Live. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. ^ "UCC tipped to retain Sigerson Cup". Irish Times. 1 March 1996. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Hungry Rovers find extra gears to register emphatic victory". Irish Examiner. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Easy in the end for Ilen". Irish Independent. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Minors looking for tenth All-Ireland". Irish Independent. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Under 21 football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Sneior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 19 July 2022.