Gareth Bradshaw (born 13 February 1987) is a

Gaelic footballer 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 ...

from

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, Ireland who played from 2007 to 2021. Bradshaw played club football for

Moycullen Moycullen () is a village situated in the Gaeltacht region of County Galway, Ireland, about 10 km (7 mi) northwest of Galway city. It is near Lough Corrib, on the N59 road to Oughterard and Clifden, in Connemara. Moycullen is now ...

. In 2007, he made his senior debut in the

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, winning three Connacht titles that year. In 2008, he played in his first

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Championship game in the opening round of the Connacht SFC against

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. In 2013, Bradshaw acted as vice-captain to manager

Alan Mulholland Alan Mulholland (born 1968) is an Irish Gaelic football former manager and player. He was manager of the senior Galway county team from 2011 until 2014, having previously been manager of the minor and under-21 teams. In 2007, Mulholland guid ...

. Bradshaw has also played for University of Galway (NUIG). In 2020, his NUIG team claimed their first ever County Senior Football title, beating Mountbellew-Moylough in the final. In 2021, Bradshow confirmed his retirement, following 14 years with the Galway footballers. He was the longest serving member of the panel at the time.

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Gareth Bradshaw interview
1987 births Living people Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers Moycullen Gaelic footballers University of Galway Gaelic footballers {{Galway-gaelic-football-bio-stub