Gerard O'Kane
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Gearóid Ó Catháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Centre Back | ||
| Born |
5 October 1984 Derry, Northern Ireland |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2001- | Glenullin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Derry titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Queens University Belfast | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2005- | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Gerard O'Kane (Irish: Gearóid Ó Catháin; born 5 October 1984) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title.
He plays his club football for John Mitchel's Glenullin and has won a Derry Senior Football Championship with the club. He plays in the half back line for club and county, with his pace and stamina being two of his key attributes.
O'Kane was born in Philadelphia PA but now lives in Glenullin near Garvagh. He is a cousin of fellow Derry and Glenullin players Paddy and Eoin Bradley. The Bradleys' father, Liam (current Antrim manager) is an uncle of O'Kane. O'Kane's father, also called Gerard, has served as chairman of the Derry County Board in the past.
O'Kane plays club football for John Mitchel's Glenullin. O'Kane won the Derry Senior Football Championship with the club in the Derry Senior Football Championship of 2007. Glenullin met Bellaghy in the final, and, after a replay, won the title. He won the man of the match award for his performance in the final replay.
Earlier that year Glenullin won the Ulster Senior Club Football League, beating Latton of Monaghan in the final. The club reached the Ulster League final again the following year, but were defeated by fellow Derry club Ballinderry.
In 2008 the club reached the final of the All-Ireland Sevens Championship, organised by Kilmacud Crokes, but lost 1-11 to 0-13 to St. Gall's, Antrim in the decider, with O'Kane scoring 0-01 in the match. He was Glenullin's goalkeeper during the tournament (often outfielders are used as goalkeepers in sevens football). Glenullin, jointly with Ballinderry, won the 2008 Derry Senior Football League.
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