Cormac Costello (born 18 July 1994) is a
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 ...
forward for the
Dublin county team, with which he has won eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and five National Football League medals. The former
Ardscoil Rís student plays his club football for Whitehall Colmcille.
Costello won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 2012, then an All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship in May 2014 In 2014, he was a sub in the quarter-final victory over
Laois
County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Hist ...
in the Leinster Senior Championship. He scored three points in the game. During the semi-final victory over
Wexford
Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...
he was a sub again and he scored 1-05. He won a Leinster Senior Championship against
Meath
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in 2014. He was a sub and scored one point in the game. In the All-Ireland quarter-final Costello was a sub again and managed one point in a one-sided game against
Monaghan
Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), Monaghan barony.
The population of the town as of the 2022 cen ...
. He was selected at corner forward against Donegal but Dublin crashed out in the semi-final.
On 1 October 2016, Costello came off the bench and scored three points as Dublin won the
All-Ireland final after a replay with
Mayo.
Career Statistics
Honours
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions.
Organised by the ...
(8): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
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National Football League
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(5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018,
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Leinster Senior Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...
(11): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
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All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ...
(1): 2014
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Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (2), 2014, 2015
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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under ...
(1): 2012
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Leinster Minor Football Championship
The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 ...
(2): 2011, 2012
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Leinster Minor Hurling Championship
The Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic ...
(2): 2011, 2012
References
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1994 births
Living people
Australian Gaelic footballers
Dual players
DCU Gaelic footballers
Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football forwards
Irish schoolteachers
Whitehall Colmcille Gaelic footballers
Winners of eight All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
21st-century Irish sportsmen