Luke Fortune (born 12 March 1998) is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who plays for the Cavan county team. He plays his club football with

Cavan Gaels Cavan Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Cavan Town, County Cavan in Ireland. They are affiliated to Cavan GAA. The club was founded in 1957 following the merging of two clubs in Cavan Town, Cavan Harps and Cavan Slashers. They are ...

Playing career

College

Fortune went to school at St Patrick's College in

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...

. On 17 March 2015, Fortune started at corner back in the

MacRory Cup The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster at senior "A" grade. The MacLarnon Cup is the competition for schools at senior 'B' grade. Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The win ...

final against

St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon Saint Patrick's Academy (Irish: ''Acadamh Naomh Pádraig'') is a voluntary grammar school located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It formed on 1 September 2003 when the two single-sex Saint Patrick's Academies, which coexisted ...

. Cavan were winners on a 2–12 to 0–8 scoreline. Fortune played in the

Hogan Cup The Hogan Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The com ...

semi-final against PBS Chorca Dhuibhne, where St Pat's suffered a three-point loss.

University

On 17 February 2018, Fortune started in defence as UCD faced

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in the

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final. UCD were winners by a single point.

Club

On 8 October 2017, Fortune started at corner back in his first county final, where

faced

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. A 0–13 to 0–8 win gave Fortune his first county title. The Gaels would later defeat Lámh Dhearg and

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to reach the Ulster Club final. On 26 November, Fortune started at corner back as Cavan Gaels faced Slaughtneil in the Ulster final. It was Slaughneil's day as they ran out comfortable winners.

Inter-county

Minor and under-21

On 19 July 2015, Fortune was at corner back as the Cavan minor team faced

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in the Ulster final. Derry came out on top on a 1–11 to 0–11 scoreline. Fortune was captain of the under-20 side in 2018, but Cavan suffered a heavy defeat in the first round against

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Senior

Fortune joined the Cavan senior panel ahead of the 2019 season. On 27 January 2019, Fortune made his

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debut as a substitute in a loss to

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. On 31 October 2020, Fortune made his championship debut, scoring two points from wing back in an Ulster quarter-final defeat of

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. Fortune kept his place and started the Ulster final against

on 22 November. Cavan won their first Ulster title since 1997 after a four-point win. On 5 December, Fortune started the All-Ireland semi-final loss to eventual champions

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. On 2 April 2022, Fortune was at corner-back as Cavan faced

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in the National League Division 4 final at

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, with Cavan coming out winners on a 2–10 to 0–15 scoreline. Cavan faced

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in the

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on 9 July, and Fortune started the game on the bench. Fortune came on as a substitute as Cavan lost by four points.

Honours

Cavan *

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usu ...

(1):

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Division 4 (1):

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Cavan Gaels *

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UCD *

(1): 2018 St. Patrick's College Cavan *

(1): 2015 Individual * ''Irish News'' Ulster All-Star (1): 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fortune, Luke 1998 births Living people Cavan Gaels Gaelic footballers Cavan inter-county Gaelic footballers People educated at St Patrick's College, Cavan