Cillian McDaid (born 14 August 1997) is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...

er for Monivea Abbey and

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city ...

Career

He played Australian rules football with Carlton. He had a two-year professional contract which ended in 2018. He scored a goal and two points in the 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final between Armagh and Galway at Croke Park. He was the man of the match. He scored the second goal for Galway in the game. He was voted Footballer of the Week on the GAA.ie website. He also won an All Star that year. He also played

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of pla ...

for

Craughwell Craughwell (historically ''Creaghmoyle'', from ) is a town and townland in County Galway, Ireland. Name The name Craughwell is also used as a surname, properly '' Ó Creachmhaoil'', though often anglicised as ''Craughwell'', ''Croughwell'' and ...

and won an

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). ...

with Galway in 2015.

Honours

Galway *

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winnin ...

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The Sunday Game ''The Sunday Game'' is RTÉ's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ2 every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons. It is one of RTÉ2's longest-running shows, having been on air since ...

'' Team of the Year (1): 2020 * ''PwC'' GAA/GPA Player of the Month Award: June 2022 * All Star (1): 2022

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Cillian McDaid pointing way for Galway as he puts injury hell behind him
Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Craughwell hurlers Dual players Gaelic footballers who switched code Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers Monivea Abbeyknockmoy Gaelic footballers 1997 births {{Galway-gaelic-football-bio-stub