Emlyn Mulligan (born 18 December 1987) is a Gaelic footballer from County Leitrim who plays for the Sligo based St Mary's club and formerly for the Leitrim county team. A top class free-taker, he scored 1–34 in the 2008 National Football League. The high point of his career came in captaining Leitrim to the FBD Insurance League in 2013 – though it a notable achievement in this case as it was only Leitrim's fourth ever trophy and their first since 1994. He is widely considered as one of the greatest ever players to grace the Connacht championship.[1] He scored 3–8 in New York in 2013, described by experts as "some feat".[2] He took a year out to go travelling ahead of Leitrim's 2015 campaign.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Born |
18 December 1987 Kinlough, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Nickname | Muggsy | ||
| Occupation | Garda | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2004–2012 2013– 2017–2020 2021– |
Melvin Gaels St Brigid's Melvin Gaels St Mary's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Leitrim titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2006–2014 201?–2019? |
Leitrim Leitrim | ||
A Garda,[4] he has also played soccer with Sligo Rovers.[5] He has played for Connacht too, helping them to a first Interprovincial Championship for over 40 years in 2014.[6]
After four years with the Dublin GAA club St Brigid's, Mulligan returned to his native Melvin Gaels in 2017 and, in January 2021, residing in Sligo, he transferred from Melvin Gaels to the St Mary's club. He did so having left the Leitrim team in 2019 following a third injury to his knee and went uncalled for by his county in 2020.[7]
He also served as a selector with the Leitrim minor team.[8] Mulligan then moved up to the Leitrim under-20 team in 2021 when Brendan Guckian (1994 Connacht Senior Football Championship winner) went there.[9]
Honours edit
- Leitrim Senior Football Championship (1): 2012
- FBD Insurance League (2): 2013 (c), 2014 (c)
- Interprovincial Championship (1): 2014
References edit
- ^ "Connacht League victory 'a huge lift' for Leitrim, says captain Emlyn Mulligan". RTÉ Sport. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Football top scorers: Dunne and Goulding make their move". Hogan Stand. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Leitrim blow as Emlyn Mulligan takes a year out". RTÉ Sport. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Player Profiles".
- ^ "Mulligan's season is over". Hogan Stand. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "HS Football team of the week". Hogan Stand. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Mulligan transfers to Sligo club". Irish Independent. 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Mulligan makes Sligo club move". Hogan Stand. 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Guckian steps up to Leitrim U20 role". Hogan Stand. 30 January 2021.
He will retain the same backroom team comprising of Emlyn Mulligan, Jimmy Guckian, Enda Lyons, Kevin Ludlow, Alan Doonan, Philip Howard, Ronan O'Rourke and Brian Blake.