Ciarán Murtagh
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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
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Ciarán Murtagh (born 1992) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Faithleach's and the Roscommon county team.
A son of Andy and Breda Murtagh, he completed a degree in corporate law at NUI Galway before returning to his studies at Marino Institute of Education to become a teacher.{{cite news|first=Eoghan|last=Comrican|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20409437.html|title=Ciarán Murtagh: 'We're at home getting the free dinners and the clothes washed'|work=Irish Examiner|date=9 July 2016|accessdate=9 July 2016}} While at Galway he played in the university's Sigerson Cup team.
He made his senior championship debut against Leitrim in the 2014 Connacht Senior Football Championship quarter-final.{{cite news|first=Eamon|last=Donoghue|url=https://www.the42.ie/ciaran-diarmuid-murtagh-roscommon-1503421-Jun2014/|title='It's competitive, there'd be very little talking on the way home' — Roscommon's Murtagh brothers|publisher=The42.ie|date=8 June 2014|accessdate=8 June 2014}} He scored a late goal against Down in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/28363182|title=All-Ireland qualifier result: Roscommon 1–12 1–17 Armagh|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 July 2014|accessdate=19 July 2014}}
He has captained Roscommon.{{cite news|first=Noel|last=Fallon|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2016/03/07/news/ciaran-murtagh-star-in-roscommon-victory-over-down-441723/|title=Ciaran Murtagh stars in Roscommon victory over Down|work=The Irish News|date=7 March 2016|accessdate=7 March 2016}}
Murtagh has also played for Donegal Boston.{{cite news|url=http://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/301504|title=Connolly-less Donegal Boston suffer defeat|work=Hogan Stand|date=8 July 2019|accessdate=8 July 2019}}
Career statistics
As of match played 24 June 2023{{fact|date=August 2024}}
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! rowspan="2" |Team ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="3" |National League ! colspan="2" |Connacht ! colspan="2" |All-Ireland ! colspan="2" |Total |
Division
!Apps !Score !Apps !Score !Apps !Score !Apps !Score |
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rowspan="10" |Roscommon
|2014 | | |2 |0-02 |2 |1-00 |4 |1-02 |
2015
| | |2 |1-04 |2 |0-06 |4 |1-10 |
2016
| rowspan="2" |Division 1 | | |5 |3-14 |1 |0-03 |6 |3-17 |
2017
| | |2 |0-07 |2 |1-02 |4 |1-09 |
2018
| | |2 |1-03 |4 |1-15 |6 |2-18 |
2019
| | | colspan="4" |DNP Championship Matches | | |
2020
| | | colspan="4" |DNP Championship Matches | | |
2021
| | |1 |0-01 | colspan="2" | - |1 |0-01 |
2022
| | |2 |0-05 |1 |0-05 |3 |0-10 |
2023
| | |2 |1-06 |4 |0-16 |6 |1-22 |
colspan="3" |Career total
! ! !18 !6-42 !16 !3-47 !34 !9-89 |
References
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Alumni of the University of Galway
Category:Donegal Boston Gaelic footballers
Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:University of Galway Gaelic footballers
Category:Roscommon inter-county Gaelic footballers
Category:St Faithleachs Gaelic footballers
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