Oliver T. Crinnigan (born 1947) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Carbury club and at inter-county level with the Kildare senior football team.

Playing career

Crinnigan first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Carbury club before eventually joining the club's senior team while still a minor. He won a total of seven Kildare SFC titles between 1965 and 1985. Crinnigan also won a New York SFC title with the Sligo team. Crinnigan first appeared on the inter-county scene with

Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional ce ...

during a two-year tenure with the minor team. As a member of the under-21 team for four years, he won three successive Leinster U21FC titles and was in goal when Kildare beat

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in the 1965 All-Ireland under-21 final. Crinnigan was still eligible for the minor grade when he joined the senior team in 1965 and never missed a

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game until his retirement in 1980. During that time, he lined out in six Leinster finals without success, however, he became Kildare's first ever All-Star recipient in 1978. Crinnigan also won a Railway Cup medal with

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Coaching career

Crinningan was in the twilight of his club career with Carbury when he became

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. He was denied an eighth Kildare SFC medal when Carbury were beaten by

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in 1988 final.

Honours

;Carbury *

Kildare Senior Football Championship The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leins ...

: 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971 (c), 1972, 1974, 1985 ;Kildare *

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

: 1965 *

Leinster Under-21 Football Championship The Leinster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Leinster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highe ...

: 1965, 1966,

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;Leinster * Railway Cup: 1974

References

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