Ray Cosgrove
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Réamann Mac Oscair | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Corner Forward | ||
| Born | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Cossy | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 19xx–19xx 19xx- (present) |
Leicester Celtic (soccer) Kilmacud Crokes |
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| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 5 | ||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1999–2008 | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
Ray "Cossy" Cosgrove is an Irish Gaelic footballer, born in Dublin. He attended St. Benildus College in Kilmacud. He plays his club football for Kilmacud Crokes and played for the Dublin senior football team between 1999 and 2008. He will be most remembered for his incredible performances in the 2002 scoring an amazing 6–23 in a season which saw Dublin lift their first Leinster title since 1995.
At club level, Cosgrove's performance were at a high level. In 2002 when he won the 2002 Adult FL Division 1 title with Kilmacud Crokes, although he received a red card 12 minutes into the second half. This incident did not affect the score, and Kilmacud Crokes turned out winners against a resilient Ballyboden St. Enda's side.
Cosgrove was also part of Kilmacuds team in 2004 when they won the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship and 2005 when they also won the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. He was man of the match in the 2005 county final scoring 0–5 from play and scored 1–10 in the first round of the Leinster Club Championship against St. Peters Dunboyne in Navan. He received the 2005 award for AIB Leinster player of the year. Cosgrove won his first Dublin Senior Championship in 1998 and also won championships in 2008 Oliver Plunketts. He was a member of the team that won the All Ireland Club Championship in March 2009 when they beat Crossmaglen Ranger. He won his 5th Dublin Snior Club championship in 2010.
Cosgrove got his first chance for Dublin in the 1999 Leinster final. Unfortunately, having been brought on as a sub, he was substituted himself soon after. He did not get another game until 2002, when fellow clubman Tommy Lyons took over as manager.
Cosgrove started at full forward in the Leinster quarter-final of 2002 against Wexford. In the semi-final against Meath, he scored 2–3 while being marked by Darren Fay. Dublin recorded their first victory over Meath in 7 years and reached the Leinster final where they beat Kildare to win their first Leinster championship since 1995.
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