Liam Silke Explained

Liam Silke
Irish:Liam Ó Sioda
Birth Date:22 November 1994
Birth Place:Galway, Ireland
Height:1.8280NaN0
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Galway
Province:Connacht
Club:Corofin
Clyears:2013–
Clposition:Left half back
Clcounty:5
Clprovince:3
Clallireland:3
Counties:Galway
Icyears:2015–
Icposition:Right Corner Back
Icprovince:3
Nfl:1 (Div.2)
Allstars:1
Icupdate:24 July 2022

Liam Silke (born 22 November 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county team. He is a nephew of All-Ireland SFC winning Galway captain Ray Silke.[1] Silke plays his club football for Corofin.

Silke is an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winner, having been part of the Corofin team that beat Slaughtneil in the 2015 Final.[2]

Silke made his senior championship debut for Galway against New York in the 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship, starting that game.[3] He was part of the team that won the 2016 Connacht Championship, the county's first provincial title since 2008.[4]

Honours

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Galway's Silke tips Mayo to win . . 9 June 2015 . 25 July 2016 . Silke, a teacher at Coláiste Iognáid in Galway, has been impressed with the likes of Micheál Lundy, Patrick Sweeney, Damien Comer and his nephew Liam Silke..
  2. Web site: Corofin crowned football champions at HQ after recording comfortable victory over Slaughtneil . . 17 March 2015 . 25 July 2016.
  3. Web site: 12 counties represented on New York team with 4 debutants on Galway side for Big Apple clash . . 30 April 2015 . 25 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Goals fire Galway to first provincial title since 2008 . . 17 July 2016 . 25 July 2016.
  5. News: Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape. Irish Independent. Frank. Roche. 27 October 2022.