Niall McNamee (born 21 October 1985 in Rhode,

County Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...

) is an

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sportsperson. He plays

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with his local club Rhode and the Offaly county team. He has been one of the top forwards in the country from the mid-2000s. He has had little success with

Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...

but did play in the 2006 Leinster final but lost out to

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. He was a member of the Irish team for the

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. He has had much success at club level with both his with his local club Rhode and with UCD. With Rhode he has won

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s in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 2012 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2016 also Niall Mcnamee won Senior footballer of the year. He also won Minor and Under 21 titles with the club. With UCD he won a

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in 2006. Having first played for Offaly at the age of 17 on 25 May 2003, McNamee played for the hundredth time in the 2021 National Football League when he made a substitute appearance against Tipperary. His league and championship appearances at that time amounted to 148. As of the conclusion of the 2022 season, McNamee was the joint longest serving inter-county player (alongside

Ross Munnelly Ross Munnelly (born 23 December 1982) is an Irish sportsperson from County Laois. He plays Gaelic football for his club Arles–Kilcruise and previously for the Laois senior team. In 2003, he was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Se ...

of Laois).

References

* http://hoganstand.com/offaly/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=63241 * http://hoganstand.com/offaly/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=69441 * http://hoganstand.com/offaly/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=69023 {{DEFAULTSORT:McNamee, Niall Year of birth uncertain 1985 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin Gaelic football forwards Irish international rules football players Offaly inter-county Gaelic footballers Rhode Gaelic footballers UCD Gaelic footballers Sportspeople from Tullamore, County Offaly