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Liam Silke

Liam Silke
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Sioda
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Back
Born (1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 (age 29)
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

Individual

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Corofin crowned football champions at HQ after recording comfortable victory over Slaughtneil". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Goals fire Galway to first provincial title since 2008". RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ^ Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.

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