Tomás Corrigan (born 1990) 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 has played for

Fermanagh GAA The Fermanagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Fear Manach) or Fermanagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for the administration of Ga ...

club Kinawley, Dublin GAA club St Oliver Plunketts and the Fermanagh county team. He attended

St Michael's College, Enniskillen St Michael's College (Irish: ''Coláiste Mhíchíl'') is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school located in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Named for St Michael the Archangel, the school educates boys in County Fermanagh and the surrounding areas ...

, and then went onto study Law at

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. He was the fourth highest scorer in Championship 2016, making a higher scoring average than marquee forwards the like of

Cillian O'Connor Cillian O'Connor (born 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Ballintubber and the Mayo county team. O'Connor is the leading all-time top scorer in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Career O'Connor made his Ballintub ...

Conor McManus Conor McManus (born 1987) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Monaghan county team. Often referred to as his county's best ever player, he is Monaghan's top scorer in National Football League history. After winning the 20 ...

and

Michael Quinlivan Michael Quinlivan (born 15 February 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Clonmel Commercials in South Tipperary. Early life Quinlivan's father, Martin, played for T ...

. Corrigan transferred from Kinawley to St Oliver Plunketts in Dublin. He is a solicitor. The law firm Arthur Cox employed him in Dublin and then he went off travelling to Latin America and became fluent in Spanish. When he returned he moved to Arthur Cox's Belfast office. He did it at the end of 2018, booking a one-way ticket to Mexico City and heading on down to Argentina, after struggling to make the Fermanagh team that got to the

2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship The 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 130th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. T ...

final. After a 2020 season when much of Fermanagh's scoring fell to him (because

Seán Quigley Seán Quigley (born 1992) is a Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Fermanagh county team began with his debut in 2011. He is from Roslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Career Quigley plays hi ...

had taken the year out), Corrigan opted out of the 2021 season, with about 85 appearances to his name. He began working with Mason Hayes & Curran LLP in Dublin in July 2021. Corrigan probably had his best season in a Fermanagh shirt the year Fermanagh reached the

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 128th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football since its establishment in 1887. 33 teams took part − 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny), London and New York. ...

quarter-finals. It was against

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that year when he announced himself on the big stage by leaving

Gary Connaughton Gary Connaughton is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Westmeath county team. With a large frame and strong kickouts he has been often described as one of Westmeath's greatest Gaelic players. He was nominated three times for an All Stars A ...

for dead. He has been critical of ''

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'' on several occasions. His father

Dominic Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...

also played for and

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d Fermanagh.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corrigan, Tomás 1990 births Living people Fermanagh inter-county Gaelic footballers People educated at St Michael's College, Enniskillen