Liam O'Neill (born 1947) is an Irish former

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er who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team. O'Neill joined the team during the late 1960s and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for almost a decade. During that time he won six

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medals and one

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award. He is a member of a unique set of Galway players who lost three All-Ireland finals in four years O'Neill had a lengthy club career with St Grellan's. He went on to manage the

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in later years and his son Kevin played inter-county football for Mayo.

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1947 births Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Gaelic football backs Gaelic football managers Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers Mayo county football team non-playing personnel Sportspeople from Ballinasloe St Grellan's Gaelic footballers {{Galway-Gaelic-football-bio-stub