Cormac McAdam

{{Short description|Fermanagh Gaelic football goalkeeper}}

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Cormac McAdam (born December 1968) is a former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Lisnaskea Emmetts and the Fermanagh county team.{{cite news|first=Philip|last=Reid|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/fermanagh-s-promise-realised-1.190824|title=Fermanagh's promise realised|work=The Irish Times|date=31 May 1999}}

Nicknamed "Cat", he captained his county to an All-Ireland B Football Championship in 1996.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport/soccer/gaa-legends-feature-in-book-38226766.html|title=GAA legends feature in book|work=The Sligo Champion|date=22 June 2019|accessdate=22 June 2019}} The Irish News described McAdam as "arguably Fermanagh's finest-ever goalkeeper".{{cite news|first=Brendan|last=Crossan|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/2015/05/29/news/a-rainy-day-in-irvinestown-when-fermanagh-shone-124594/|title=A rainy day in Irvinestown when Fermanagh shone|work=The Irish News|date=29 May 2015|accessdate=29 May 2015}}

McAdam also played for Donegal Boston.{{cite news|url=http://hoganstand.com/Donegal/Article/Index/115064|title=Donegal Boston come of age|work=Hogan Stand|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=16 July 2009}}

In February 2007 while working with his plastering company he fell from a height breaking his back and became confined to wheelchair.{{cite news|url=https://fermanaghherald.com/2015/05/cormac-doesnt-let-disability-get-in-the-way-of-his-golfing/|title=Cormac doesn't let disability get in the way of his golfing!|work=Fermanagh Herald|date=9 May 2015}} He is married to Christine and they have three children.

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{{Fermanagh Football Team 1996}}

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Category:Living people

Category:Donegal Boston Gaelic footballers

Category:Fermanagh inter-county Gaelic footballers

Category:Gaelic football goalkeepers

Category:1968 births

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