Conor Loftus (born 1995) is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who plays for

Crossmolina Deel Rovers Crossmolina Deel Rovers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by the Mayo GAA county board. History Crossmolina Dr Crokes GAA was affil ...

and the Mayo county team. He replaced

Andy Moran Andy Moran (born 2 November 1983) is an Irish people, Irish Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and former player for Ballaghaderreen GAA, Ballaghaderreen and the Mayo county football team, Mayo county team. A former manager of Leit ...

as a substitute in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. Loftus scored a goal against

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...

in the 2017 All-Ireland SFC qualifiers after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. He was engaged to be married to

Carrick-on-Shannon Carrick-on-Shannon () is the county town of County Leitrim in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county. A smaller part of the town located on the west bank of the River Shannon lies in County Roscommon and is home to th ...

native Róisín Cryan; however, she drowned in the

River Moy The River Moy () is a river in the west of Ireland. Name Ptolemy's ''Geography'' (2nd century AD) described a river called Λιβνιου (''Libniu'', perhaps from *''lei''- "flow"), which probably referred to the River Moy. The Moy is first ...

in Ballina before they could be married.

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1995 births Living people Crossmolina Gaelic footballers DCU Gaelic footballers Gaelic football forwards Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Mayo-Gaelic-football-bio-stub