Killian Clarke

Killian Clarke is a Gaelic footballer from Shercock, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland;[1] who plays with his club Shercock and for the Cavan county team.

Killian Clarke
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre Back
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993
Club(s)
Years Club
 Shercock
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2012–
 Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1

Career

Clarke plays club football for Shercock GAA.[1] When he was 16, he was selected for Cavan minor trials but was not selected for the county after being told he was too slow so he joined a cross-country team to improve his speed.[2] Clarke attended university at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.[2] Whilst there, at the age of 19 he made his inter-county debut for Cavan against Donegal in the Ulster Senior Football Championship.[2] After leaving university, he became a stockbroker in Dublin for Cantor Fitzgerald.[3][1]

In 2013, Clarke was nominated for the GAA GPA All Stars Awards.[4] In 2017, he was named captain of Cavan for the year.[5] This lasted for a year before Clarke stepped down.[6] In 2019, Clarke played in his first Ulster final, losing to Donegal.[7]

In 2019, Clarke received a red card during Cavan's National Football League match against Tyrone at Healy Park.[8] Later in the year, Clarke announced he was stepping away from county football temporarily due to wanting to focus on his personal life after having made 72 senior appearances for his county.[9][10][11]

International rules

In 2015 he was placed on the standby list for the Ireland's International Rules Series against Australia,[12] however did not play.[1] On 25 October 2017, Clarke was named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 International Rules Series against Australia in November.[13] Clarke played for Ireland during the series despite issues with his passport.[14]

Honours
Shercock
Cavan

References
  1. Neil Loughran (2017-06-10). "A bridge too Far? Killian Clarke hopes it's Cavan who win the bragging rights against neighbours Monaghan". The Irish News. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. "Killian Clarke works hard to make it easy". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. "Ambitious Clarke hoping tide turns in Cavan's favour". RTE. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. "Six Monaghan players among 2013 All Star nominations". BBC Sport. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  5. "Killian Clarke on being made Cavan captain". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  6. "Senior Football & Hurling Captains Announced". Cavan GAA. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  7. "Clarke: 'Win was a long time coming'". Anglo Celt. 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  8. "Tyrone brush aside Cavan to ease relegation fears". RTE. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  9. "Cavan suffer blow as star player quits panel". Anglo Celt. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  10. "Killian Clarke: Defender opts out of Breffni panel for 2020". BBC Sport. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  11. "Labour of love: How stats archive preserves the past". Anglo Celt. 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  12. GAA (2015-11-11). "Nine All Stars in Ireland squad to face Australia". RTE. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  13. "Ireland international rules squad named and Mayo's Aidan O'Shea unveiled as captain". Irish Independent. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  14. "International Rules: Bourne again Clarke sees much room for improvement". The Irish News. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
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