John Deighan (born 19 December 1982) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team, with whom he has won a

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title. He plays his club football for Limavady Wolfhounds GAC. He plays as

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for Derry.

Playing career

Michael Murphy pen vs John Deighan - USFC 08

Inter-county

Deighan was called up to the Derry Senior

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in 2008. He helped Derry reach the 2008

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final, where they were defeated by Down. He was part of the Derry panel that won that year's National League where Derry beat

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in the final. The league success saw Derry become favourites to win the Ulster Championship and one of the top few for the All-Ireland. However, despite a good opening victory over Donegal, Derry exited the Ulster Championship against

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at the semi-final stage and were defeated by

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in the first round of the Qualifiers. The Donegal match saw Deighan make his Championship debut. He missed the Fermanagh game through injury, but returned for the Monaghan match.

Championship matches' details

*''A. Result column lists Derry's score first'' *''Statistics accurate as of 17 January 2009'' Limavady Wolfounds G.A.C.

Honours

Inter-county

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: **Winner (1):

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: **Runner up: 2008 Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

External links

Player profiles on Official Derry GAA websiteLimavady Wolfhounds GAC website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deighan, John 1982 births Living people Derry inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football goalkeepers Limavady Gaelic footballers People from Limavady