Austin O'Malley is a

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 ki ...

er who plays for St Patrick's and the Wicklow county team. O'Malley won the

Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of the ...

with UCD in 2006. The

Louisburgh Louisburgh () is a small town on the southwest corner of Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. It is home to Sancta Maria College and the Gráinne O'Malley Interpretive Centre. Transport Road access Louisburgh is located on the R335 regional ro ...

native was involved in a transfer process which brought him to Dublin club St Vincent's. The story was leaked to Dublin newspaper, the ''

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''. Austin works as a teacher in St Benildus College, where he uses the strength and ambition that he gained from years on the training pitch to discipline and motivate the pupils. In 2011 he joined Wicklow town club St Patrick's and the Wicklow county team. In 2014 he transferred back to his native club Louisburgh in Co Mayo.

Honours

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winnin ...

(3): 2004, 2006, 2009 * Mayo Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2003 * Mayo Junior Football Championship (1): 2016 *

Connacht Junior Club Football Championship The Connacht Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between the winners of the junior football championships in the province of Connacht, organised by Connacht. The winners of this competition will qualify for the All- ...

(1): 2016 *

(1): 2006 * Wicklow Senior Football Championship (1): 2012 * National Football League Division 4 (1): 2012 *

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

(1): 2004

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish schoolteachers Louisburgh Gaelic footballers Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers St Patrick's (Wicklow) Gaelic footballers St Vincents (Dublin) Gaelic footballers UCD Gaelic footballers Wicklow inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Mayo-gaelic-football-bio-stub