Charlie Nelligan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Cathal Ó Neileagáin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
26 February 1957 Castleisland, County Kerry |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1970s–1990s | Castleisland Desmonds | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 7/8 | ||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1976–1991 | Kerry | 49 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 9 | ||
| All-Irelands | 7 | ||
| NFL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Charlie Nelligan (born 1957 in Castleisland, County Kerry) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Castleisland Desmonds and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1974 until 1991. He also played soccer with Home Farm F.C. in Dublin and with the Irish amateur team.
C-Bomb played his club football with his local Castleisland Desmonds club and enjoyed much success. He won a number of county club championship titles with Castleisland throughout the 1980s and 1990s. These victories allowed the club to represent the county in the provincial club championship. A 2–6 to 0–9 defeat of the famous St. Finbarr's club gave Nelligan a Munster club winners' medal. He later lined out in Croke Park for the All-Ireland final against St. Vincents of Dublin. In one of the most dramatic endings ever a fifty-eighth-minute goal gave Castleisland a 2–2 to 0–7 victory. The win gave Nelligan an All-Ireland club winners' medal.
Nelligan collected a second consecutive Munster club winners' medal in 1985 as the mighty 'Barr's' were defeated for the second consecutive year. Castleisland later qualified for another All-Ireland final. This time Burren provided the opposition and the game was another close affair. A second-half goal secured the title for Burran as Nelligan's side were defeated by 1–10 to 1–6.
He also played hurling with St Pats and won a Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship with them in 1983
Nelli first came to prominence on the inter-county scene in the 1970s as goalkeeper on the Kerry minor football team. He won a Munster title at this level in 1975 following a 3–7 to 1–11 defeat pf Cork. Kerry later qualified for the All-Ireland final, with Tyrone providing the opposition. Kerry had an easy 1–10 to 0–4 win on that occasion, giving Nelligan an All-Ireland winners' medal.
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