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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
(1983-06-10) 10 June 1983 (age 41) Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1999- | Castlegar | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2002-2011 | Galway | 33 (6-127) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Ger Farragher (born 10 June 1983) is an Irish sportsman. He played in the forward line on the Galway senior hurling team. He plays his club hurling with Castlegar.
Farragher was born in Galway in 1983 and has had much success in the game of hurling. At inter-county level he has won 2 back-to-back minor All-Ireland medals in 1999 and 2000. In 2002 he made his senior championship debut and has gone on to be one of the game's most prolific scorers. Farragher also has an All-Ireland senior hurling runners-up medal from 2005 when he was the top-scorer in the championship. He has also played on Institute of Technology, Sligo's Ryan Cup team. In 2005 Farragher claimed his first All-Star Award.
In 2010, Farragher was named Opel GPA player of the League for his performance in the National Hurling League that year.
Farragher also played soccer with Oranbay 90 (now incorporated in Maree Oranmore FC) in the Galway FA leagues. Farragher usually operated as a winger for the Maree Oranmore outfit
Career statistics
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Galway | 2002 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-01 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||
| 2004 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2005 | 7 | 2-54 | 0 | 0-00 | 6 | 3-57 | 13 | 5-111 | ||
| 2006 | Division 1B | 5 | 2-31 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 1-22 | 9 | 3-53 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | ||
| 2008 | 7 | 4-53 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-04 | 9 | 4-57 | ||
| 2009 | Division 1 | 4 | 0-10 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-03 | 7 | 0-13 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0-44 | 4 | 1-28 | 1 | 0-02 | 12 | 1-74 | ||
| 2011 | 6 | 0-44 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-10 | 9 | 0-54 | ||
| Total | 42 | 8-236 | 4 | 1-28 | 21 | 4-99 | 67 | 13-363 | ||
References
- "Ger takes new steps forward". Irish Independent. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- "Steven McDonnell and Galway's Ger Farragher win Awards". Sportsnewsireland.com. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
| Galway – 1999 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (4th title) | |
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| Galway – 2000 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (5th title) | |
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| Galway – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up | |
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| Galway – 2010 National Hurling League Champions (9th title) | |
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| 2005 All-Star Hurling Team | |
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