Liam O'Neill (Gaelic footballer)

Galway Gaelic footballer

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Liam O'Neill
Personal information
Irish name	Liam Ó Néill
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-back
Born	1947 Ballinasloe, County Galway
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s–1970s	St Grellan's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1960s–1970s	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	6
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	1

Liam O'Neill (born 1947) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer 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 Connacht medals and one All-Star 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 Mayo county football team in later years and his son Kevin played inter-county football for Mayo.

References

"Galway GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

Galway squads

Galway – 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 T. Divilly for M. Rooney; 17 M. Feerick for F. Burke

Subs not used: 16 G. Mitchell; 18 J. McLoughlin; 20 G. King; 21 M. Byrne; 22 M. Keane

Galway – 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 F. Canavan for J. Coughlan; 18 C. McDonagh for M. Burke

Subs not used: 16 M. Noonan; 17 J. Dillon; 20 M. Geraghty; 21 J. Tobin; 22 G. King; 23 E. Farrell

Galway – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: J. Burke for C. McDonagh

v t e 1973 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 B. Morgan 2 F. Cogan 3 M. Ryan 4 B. Murphy 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 K. J. O'Sullivan 8 J. O'Keeffe 9 D. Long 10 J. Cooney 11 K. Kilmurray 12 L. Sammon 13 J. Barry-Murphy 14 R. Cummins 15 A. McGurk

v t e Mayo football team – managers
J. Carey (1977–80) L. O'Neill (1983–87) J. O'Mahony (1987–91) B. McDonald (1991–92) J. O'Shea (1992–94) A. Egan (1994–95) J. Maughan (1995–99) P. Holmes (1999–2002) J. Maughan (2002–05) M. Moran (2005–06) J. O'Mahony (2006–10) J. Horan (2010–14) N. Connelly and P. Holmes (2014–15) S. Rochford (2015–18) J. Horan (2018–22) K. McStay (2022–) Under-20/1s incl. N. Heffernan: until 2016 • M. Solan: 2016–2020 • M. Sheridan: 2021–

Mayo football team – managers

J. Carey (1977–80)
L. O'Neill (1983–87)
J. O'Mahony (1987–91)
B. McDonald (1991–92)
J. O'Shea (1992–94)
A. Egan (1994–95)
J. Maughan (1995–99)
P. Holmes (1999–2002)
J. Maughan (2002–05)
M. Moran (2005–06)
J. O'Mahony (2006–10)
J. Horan (2010–14)
N. Connelly and P. Holmes (2014–15)
S. Rochford (2015–18)
J. Horan (2018–22)
K. McStay (2022–)

Under-20/1s incl. N. Heffernan: until 2016 • M. Solan: 2016–2020 • M. Sheridan: 2021–

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