Niall Morgan
Irish Gaelic footballer
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| Sport | Gaelic football | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991 (age 33) Dungannon, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edendork St Malachy's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | County | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | Tyrone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ulster titles | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-Irelands | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Morgan (born 17 July 1991) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Edendork St Malachy's club and the Tyrone county team.
A knee injury in 2013 ruled him out for the rest of the season.[2][3] This was considered a severe blow to Tyrone's hopes of winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[4]
The COVID-19 outbreak in the Tyrone football squad twice delayed the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Kerry. Morgan later disclosed that he was one of the players who had contracted the virus, though he mistook his symptoms for hayfever.[5]
He has also played association football for Dungannon Swifts,[6] and represented Northern Ireland Under-18 schoolboys.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Home".
- ^ "Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan out for rest of Championship with knee injury". RTÉ Sport. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Tyrone to face Offaly but Niall Morgan suffers injury blow". BBC Sport. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ O'Neill, Michael (18 June 2013). "Tyrone Goalkeeper Niall Morgan Out For the Rest of The Season". Sports News Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ Roche, Frank (15 September 2021). "'If somebody drops on this pitch, who's to blame?' – Tyrone players reveal the inside story of their Covid crisis". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
Two of Tyrone's Sam Maguire heroes have spoken publicly about the Covid-19 crisis that ripped through their squad earlier this summer and threatened their participation in the All-Ireland series. Niall Morgan and Conor Meyler disclosed how joint-managers Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher told the group of plans to withdraw from their rescheduled semi-final against Kerry because of the health implications… Both the netminder and Tyrone's play-anywhere No 10 were among those to test positive for the virus… Even though he was 'double-jabbed', Meyler was among those to contract Covid after the virus got into his own family home. 'I had no symptoms, and I wouldn't have known only I was made go for a PCR test', the Omagh clubman explained… Morgan also tested positive, having initially thought he was merely suffering from hay fever.
- ^ "Tyrone goalkeeper Morgan thought team-mate McShane would accept AFL move". BBC Sport. 6 April 2020.
As well as playing a key role for Tyrone in inter-county football, Morgan has also turned out for Dungannon Swifts in the Irish Premiership and he continues to train with the Stangmore Park outfit periodically.
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Tyrone football team – current senior panel
- 1 N. Morgan
- 2 M. McKernan
- 3 P. Hampsey
- 4 N. Devlin
- 5 B. Cullen
- 9 M. Donnelly
- 7 M. O'Neill
- 8 B. Kennedy
- 23 C. McShane
- 10 C. Daly
- 11 R. Canavan
- 20 N. McCarron
- 13 D. McCurry
- 14 D. Canavan
- 15 S. O'Donnell
- Subs used
- 6 P. Harte (c) for Cullen
- 19 C. Kilpatrick for M. O'Neill
- 21 E. McElholm for R. Canavan
- 12 K. McGeary for Daly
- 24 S. O'Hare for McShane
- Subs not used
- 16 O. O'Kane
- 17 F. Burns
- 18 C. Devlin
- 22 L. McGarrity
- 25 T. Quinn
- 26 M. Rafferty
Above is the starting lineup vs Mayo on 22 June 2024
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