Mark Harte (born 1979) is a
Gaelic football
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manager
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and former player. His
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and
championship career at senior level with the
Tyrone county team lasted three seasons from 2003 until 2005.
Career
Born in
Ballygawley,
County Tyrone, Harte was raised in a strong Gaelic football family. His father,
Mickey Harte
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Harte managed the Tyrone county football team, Tyrone ...
, played with the Tyrone senior team between 1975 and 1982 before later going on to become the team's most successful manager.
At club level Harte played with
Errigal Ciarán and enjoyed much success. In 2002 he won an
Ulster medal with the club, while he also won three
county senior championship medals.
Harte made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Tyrone minor team. An
Ulster medal winner in 1997, he ended the season as an
All-Ireland runner-up. Harte subsequently joined the Tyrone senior team, winning an
All-Ireland medal in his final season in 2000. Three years later he was added to the senior panel. Over the course of the following three seasons Harte won two
All-Ireland medals and one
Ulster medal.
In retirement from playing, Harte became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as joint-manager of the
Pomeroy Plunketts and
Ballinderry Shamrocks club teams.
Harte has also worked in the media as a Gaelic football analyst for ''
GAA Beo'' on
TG4
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.
Honours
Player
;Errigal Ciarán
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Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2002
*
Tyrone Senior Football Championship (3): 1997, 2000, 2002
;Tyrone
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2):
2003
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2005
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Ulster Senior Football Championship (1):
2003
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All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1):
2000
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Ulster Under-21 Football Championship (1):
2000
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Ulster Minor Football Championship (1):
1997
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Manager
;Pomeroy Plunketts
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Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2016
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Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2016
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harte, Mark
1979 births
Living people
Errigal Ciarán Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football managers
Gaelic games writers and broadcasters
Mark
Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers