Liam Silke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam Ó Sioda | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Corner Back | ||
| Born |
22 November 1994 Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.828 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2013– | Corofin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 5 | ||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2015– | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| NFL | 1 (Div.2) | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Liam Silke (born 22 November 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county team. He is a nephew of All-Ireland SFC winning Galway captain Ray Silke.[1] Silke plays his club football for Corofin.
Silke is an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winner, having been part of the Corofin team that beat Slaughtneil in the 2015 Final.[2]
Silke made his senior championship debut for Galway against New York in the 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship, starting that game.[3] He was part of the team that won the 2016 Connacht Championship, the county's first provincial title since 2008.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Galway's Silke tips Mayo to win". The Mayo News. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
Silke, a teacher at Coláiste Iognáid in Galway, has been impressed with the likes of Micheál Lundy, Patrick Sweeney, Damien Comer and his nephew Liam Silke.
- ^ "Corofin crowned football champions at HQ after recording comfortable victory over Slaughtneil". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "12 counties represented on New York team with 4 debutants on Galway side for Big Apple clash". The42. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Goals fire Galway to first provincial title since 2008". RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.
