icposition icupdate birth_date code nhl club feet name occupation fullname clyears birth_place inches county clallireland sport nickname allstars clprovince clposition clubs icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
left corner-forward 22:46 , 25 november 2013 12 august 1976 hurling 0 sixmilebridge 6 niall gilligan auctioneer niall gilligan 1996-present sixmilebridge , county clare , ireland 0 clare 1 hurling gilly 1 1 forward sixmilebridge 2 clare 1997-2010 1 munster niall gilligan
 3 niall mac giollagáin
niall gilligan

niall gilligan -lrb- born 12 august 1976 -rrb- was an irish hurler who usually played as a right corner-forward for the clare senior team .
born in sixmilebridge , county clare , gilligan first excelled at hurling whilst at school in st. flannan 's college .
he arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the clare under-21 team .
he made his senior debut in the 1997 championship .
gilligan went on to play a key part for clare for fourteen seasons , and won one all-ireland medal and two munster medals .
he was an all-ireland runner-up on one occasion .
as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , gilligan won four railway cup medals .
at club level he won one all-ireland medal , one munster medal and three championship medals with sixmilebridge .
gilligan 's career tally of 20 goals and 194 points marks him out as clare 's top championship scorer of all-time .
throughout his career gilligan made 56 championship appearances , marking him out as clare 's most `` capped '' player of all-time .
he announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 5 january 2010 .
even during his playing days gilligan became involved in team management and coaching .
he has been a selector with the sixmilebridge senior , under-21 and under-15 teams , while he was manager of the sixmilebridge under-21 team that claimed championship honours in 2013 .
