Martin Reilly (born 3 May 1987) is an Irish

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er who plays for the

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club and the Cavan county team.

Association football

A talented

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player, Reilly was signed by

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in 2004. He spent two years at the club and released at the end of the 2005–06 season after making no first team appearances. Reilly is also a former Republic of Ireland under-18 international. He played as a

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Gaelic football

Club

After returning home from Burnley, Reilly decided to return to Gaelic football with his local club

. Killygarry reached their first county final in 51 years in 2022, facing Gowna on 16 October. Reilly scored a lobbed goal in the first half, but Gowna ran out seven-point winners.

University

On 28 February 2009, Reilly was at wing forward as DIT faced

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in the

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final. Reilly scored one point as DIT suffered a five-point loss. On 23 February 2013, Reilly played in his second Sigerson final, with DIT facing

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in the decider. DIT claimed their first Sigerson title after a dominant display.

Inter-county

On 7 July 2007, Reilly made his senior championship debut for Cavan in a qualifier loss to

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. On 4 August 2013, Reilly started in his first All-Ireland quarter-final against

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. Reilly scored a point from a 45 as Cavan lost by six points. On 26 April 2014, Cavan faced

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in the National League Division 3 final, and Reilly scored 3 points in the narrow defeat. On 3 April 2016, Reilly was at wing forward against

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in the

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as Cavan earned promotion to the top flight for the first time in 15 years. On 24 April, Reilly scored a point in the Division 2 Final against Tyrone, with Cavan losing by five points. Cavan met Roscommon once again in the National League Division 2 Final on 1 April 2018. Reilly scored a goal from a first half penalty as Cavan suffered a 4–16 to 4–12 loss. In 2019, Reilly lined out at wing back in his first Ulster Final, with Cavan facing

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on 23 June. Two late goals couldn't stop Cavan from falling to a five-point defeat. On 22 November 2020, Reilly played in his second Ulster Final as Cavan met Donegal for the second year in a row. Reilly scored a point as Cavan claimed their first Ulster title since 1997. On 5 December, Reilly scored 3 points as Cavan exited the championship to

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at the semi-final stage. Reilly received his first All-Star nomination at the end of the season. On 9 July 2022, Reilly started on the bench as Cavan took on

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in the inaugural

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decider at Croke Park. Reilly was introduced as a late substitute in the four-point loss.

Honours

Cavan *

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DIT *

(1): 2013 Individual * ''Irish News'' Ulster All-Star (1): 2020 * GAA/GPA Footballer of the Month (1): May 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Martin Living people 1987 births Cavan inter-county Gaelic footballers Killygarry Gaelic footballers Gaelic football forwards Irish engineers Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Association footballers from County Cavan Men's association football fullbacks Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Burnley F.C. players