Niall McNamee

Niall McNamee
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Full Forward
Born	(1985-10-21) 21 October 1985 Tullamore, Republic of Ireland
Height	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2002– 2006	Rhode UCD
Club titles
Offaly titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2004–	Offaly
Inter-county titles
NFL	2

Niall McNamee (born 21 October 1985 in Rhode, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Rhode and is member of the Offaly senior inter-county team.

He has been one of the top forwards in the country from the mid-2000s. He has had little success with Offaly but did play in the 2006 Leinster final in 2006 but lost out to Dublin.

He was part of the Irish team for the 2010 International Rules Series.

He has had much success at club level with both his with his local club Rhode and with UCD. With Rhode he has won Offaly Senior Football Championships in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 2012 2014 and 2016.In 2016 also Niall Mcnamee won Senior footballer of the year. He also won Minor and Under 21 titles with the club. With UCD he won a Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2006. McNamee has also admitted to having a severe gambling addiction. He has become a little bit of an inspiration by going around the country and giving talks on his addiction.

References

Ireland football team – 2010 International Rules Series

1 Cluxton
2 Begley
3 Brogan
4 Canty
5 Cavanagh (c)
6 Clarke
7 Donaghy
8 Glynn
9 Goulding
10 Hanley (vc)
11 Kavanagh
12 Keenan
13 Kennelly
14 McDermott
15 McDonnell
16 McKeever
17 McKernan
18 B. Murphy
19 M. Murphy
20 Reilly
21 Shields
22 Walsh
23 Bolton
26 Coulter

Standby players

24 Brennan
25 Connaughton
27 Fennell
28 McCarthy
29 McNamee

Coach: Tohill

Selectors: de Paor; Liston; O'Brien

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