Cormac Costello

Cormac Costello (born 18 July 1994) is a Gaelic football forward for the Dublin county team, with which he has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and four National Football League medals.[1] The former Ardscoil Rís student plays his club football for Whitehall Colmcille.

Cormac Costello
Personal information
Irish name Cormac Mac Coisdealbha
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left Corner Forward
Born (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994
Perth, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
 Whitehall Colmcille
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2013 -
 Dublin 27 (3-36)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 8
All-Irelands 7
NFL 5
All Stars 0

Costello won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 2012,[2] then an All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship in May 2014.[3] In 2014, he was a sub in the quarter-final victory over Laois in the Leinster Senior Championship. He scored three points in the game.[4] During the semi-final victory over Wexford he was a sub again and he scored 1-05.[5] He won a Leinster Senior Championship against Meath in 2014. He was a sub and scored one point in the game.[6] In the All-Ireland quarter-final Costello was a sub again and managed one point in a one-sided game against Monaghan.[7] He was selected at corner forward against Donegal but Dublin crashed out in the semi-final.[8]

On 1 October 2016, Costello came off the bench and scored three points as Dublin won the All-Ireland final after a replay with Mayo.[9]

Honours

References
  1. "Cormac Costello". Dublingaa.ie. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. Steven O'Rourke. "Dublin too strong for Meath in All-Ireland MFC Final". The Score. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. Fintan O'Toole. "As it happened: Dublin v Roscommon, All-Ireland U21 football final". The Score. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. "Dublin survive scare to see off Laois". RTÉ Sport. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. "Dublin ease through to Meath showdown". RTÉ Sport. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. "Dublin cruise to another Leinster title". RTÉ Sport. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. "All-Ireland SFC quarter-final: metronomic Metropolitans murder Monaghan - Hoganstand.com". Hoganstand.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. "Dublin dethroned by stunning Donegal". Irish Examiner. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014. Jack McCaffrey and Cormac Costello came into the Dublin team. [...] Stephen Cluxton send a difficult '45' wide of the target and late inclusion Costello was also wayward from play.
  9. "Costello comes of age with impact from bench". RTE Sport. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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