Cormac McAdam
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1968 or 1969 (age 54–55)[1]
Nickname "Cat"[2]
Club(s)
Years Club
Lisnaskea Emmetts
Donegal Boston
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
c. 1990s[3][4]
Fermanagh

Cormac McAdam (born December 1968) is a former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Lisnaskea Emmetts and the Fermanagh county team.[1][3]

Nicknamed "Cat", he captained his county to an All-Ireland B Football Championship in 1996.[2] The Irish News described McAdam as "arguably Fermanagh's finest-ever goalkeeper".[4]

McAdam also played for Donegal Boston.[5]

In February 2007 while working with his plastering company he fell from a height breaking his back and became confined to wheelchair.[1] He is married to Christine and they have three children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cormac doesn't let disability get in the way of his golfing!". Fermanagh Herald. 9 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "GAA legends feature in book". The Sligo Champion. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 Reid, Philip (31 May 1999). "Fermanagh's promise realised". The Irish Times.
  4. 1 2 Crossan, Brendan (29 May 2015). "A rainy day in Irvinestown when Fermanagh shone". The Irish News. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. "Donegal Boston come of age". Hogan Stand. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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