Coman Goggins is a former
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 played for the
Dublin county team, winning an All Star, from the
Ballinteer St Johns club. He went to school in Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan. He is therefore a fluent Irish speaker.
Coman was the only Dublin player to receive an All-star in 2001, although, this came as a great honour in a year in which Dublin collected no silverware. In the same year he was selected to play Inter-Provincial football for Leinster along with his Dublin team-mate
Ciarán Whelan
Ciarán Whelan (born 28 February 1976 in Raheny, County Dublin) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Raheny club and, formerly, for the Dublin county team. He is right-footed but can kick with both feet and usually plays in midfield. He wa ...
. He was on Dublin’s 2002, 2005 and 2006 Leinster Senior Football title winning sides. Goggins was appointed Captain for Dublin in the 2002 Senior Football Championship by the then new, Dublin Senior Football manager,
Tommy Lyons
Tommy Lyons is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player from County Mayo who managed two inter-county teams. He was also a regular panellist/analyst on RTÉ's ''The Sunday Game''. Although born in County Mayo, Lyons considers himself ...
. In 2003, his luck began to change and he was a surprise omissio
from the Dublin squad. Surprisingly Dublin forward
Collie Moran
Colin "Collie" Moran (born 6 June 1980) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county team. He was captain of the Leinster Senior Football Championship-winning Dublin teams in 2006 and 2007.
Playing career
Moran made his sen ...
was selected in his place. He has been in fine form in 2006 particularly during the league campaign where he excelled at centre half back. During the 2006 championship he lined up in his favoured wing back position and played a pivotal role although at times he looked very unsure on the ball. Goggins played in Dublin's last game in the 2006 Championship, an All-Ireland semi-final defeat at the hands of Mayo. Goggins was named on the 2006
Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Blue Star football XV at left half-bac
He won the
O'Byrne Cup 2007, 2007 O'Byrne Cup
The Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954.
The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, ...
for Dublin against Laois at
O'Connor Park
O'Connor Park ( ga, Páirc Uà Chonchúir) is a GAA stadium in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. It is one of the principal grounds of the Offaly GAA Gaelic football and hurling teams. It is known for sponsorship reasons as Bord na Móna O†...
in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois.
He announced his retirement from the inter-county scene at the start of the 2008 season. He now works as a GAA analyst for both
RTÉ
(RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...
and
TG4
TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond.
TG4 was formerly known ...
.
External links
Goggins Retires
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Ballinteer St. Johns Gaelic footballers
Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football backs
Gaelic games writers and broadcasters
Irish international rules football players