| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Graham Mag Oireachtaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left Half Forward | ||
| Born | (1973-05-17)17 May 1973 (age 51) Drogheda,Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1990-2008 2009- | Seneschalstown Clann na nGael | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Meath titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1991-2012 | Meath | (15-82) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Graham Geraghty (born 17 May 1973), is a formerGaelic footballer who played at senior level for theMeath county team. While still an inter-county player, he stood for theFine Gael political party at the2007 Irish general election; he was not elected.
Geraghty represented his country againstAustralia in theInternational Rules Series in1999,2000 and2006.
Geraghty has also won anAll-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1990 and anAll-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1993. He has been named as the Meath Player of the Year on two occasions in 1999 and more recently in 2006. Geraghty won theMartin Donnelly Cup on four occasions withLeinster.
At club level, Graham won theMeath Senior Football Championship with Seneschalstown in 1994. He has also won the Meath Under-21 Championship with Seneschalstown in 1992.
Although his greatest achievements have come in football, he is a versatile athlete, with various honours in the fields of athletics, soccer (having traveled toLondon for trials with British clubArsenal F.C. as a teenager, and signing forBohemians in September 1994,[1] he also played forDrogheda United reserves in the1996-97 League of Ireland season), and rugby, playing and training one season with Buccaneers Reserves in 2003.
In late 2003, he published his autobiography, titledMisunderstood, which documents his childhood, adolescence, and sporting career up until the early years of the 21st century.
In 2007, Geraghty helped Meath back to the top and scored a magnificent goal againstTyrone to help earn the team a place in the semifinal.
On 23 July 2008, Geraghty retired following Meath's exit from the 2008 Championship at the hands ofLimerick.On 20 May 2011, just three days after his 38th birthday, Geraghty returned to theMeath panel after a three-year absence.[2][3][4][5]He came on as a substitute in Meath's first game of theChampionship against Kildare at Croke Park, scoring a goal which was wrongly disallowed as a square ball.[6]In 2012, Geraghty announced his second retirement from inter-county football and became a selector.[7]
In December 2013, Geraghty confirmed that he would playSigerson Cup football forBlanchardstown IT in 2014 as he is enrolled in a Social and Community Development course at the college.[8]
In January 2021, he was named as a selector of the Meath under-20 county team under the management ofBernard Flynn.[9]
Geraghty played association football with Kentstown Rovers. After scoring 1–2 in the 1994Leinster Senior Football Championship final loss to Dublin,Manchester United managerAlex Ferguson (a spectator at Croke Park) namechecked Geraghty in an interview withGer Canning onRTÉ Television. Ferguson remarked that he did not have his checkbook with him, butArsenal were alerted and invited Geraghty for a trial. In his autobiography, Arsenal's England international playerPaul Merson described Geraghty as "the fittest player I ever saw". Geraghty played two matches for Arsenal before returning home to resume his career with Meath.[11]
In November 2017, Graham was announced as the new Intermediate Football manager for Glen Emmets GFC in Tullyallen, County Louth.
In 2006, Geraghty was selected by theFine Gael political party to contest thegeneral election of 2007 in his home constituency ofMeath West.[12] However, he performed poorly in the election, obtaining only 1,284 first preference votes - the lowest of the three Fine Gael candidates standing - and was eliminated from the race after the fourth count.[13]
Geraghty appeared in acclaimed 1998 Irishkung fu movieFatal Deviation opposite Boyzone'sMikey Graham. He had no lines.
Geraghty is married to Amanda and they have four children, Sophia, Lauren, Brandon and Beau
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