Damien Rafferty 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. He played in the 2010 All-Ireland Final as a left-full-back and was Club Down Player of the Year after that. A Newry Shamrocks clubman, he was a corner-back and he had to retire in 2012 due to injury. Damien Rafferty played in the club's 2010 run. He was a "relevant newcomer". Though he was experienced he was not able to play in the early part of 2011. As of 2021, he was the most recent player from

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to play

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championship football.

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