Colm O'Neill (born 1964)

Colm O'Neill (born 1964 in Midleton, County Cork) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Midleton and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county football team from 1984 until 1991.[1]

He won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medal in 1981 scoring three goals in Cork's victory over a spirited Derry side which included players who would claim senior medals in 1993.

O'Neill won two All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship medals in 1984 and 1985. He was at corner forward in the rebels unsuccessful All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Meath in 1987 and made an appearance as a substitute the following year (1988) against the same opposition when again the rebel county fell to Meath by a single point after a replay. In 1989 he was an unused substitute when Cork won the All Ireland beating Mayo in the final.

1990 was by far O'Neill's best year, though the year ended in a bitter-sweet fashion when he was sent off by referee Paddy Russell for striking Meath's full back Mick Lyons in the All Ireland final. This denied O'Neill an All Star nomination.

In 1991 O'Neill retired after a defeat to Kerry in the Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final.

O'Neill immigrated to the United States after winning the Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery program.[2] He currently lives in the United States, and his son Shane is a professional footballer and a former United States youth international.