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Colm Boyle (born 29 July 1986) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Davitts and, formerly, the Mayo county team. He won four All Star Awards and played in four finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, losing them all and scoring an own goal in the third.

Career

Boyle won six Connacht Senior Football Championships and a National Football League title.

He started at left half-back in three All-Ireland football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost to Donegal by a scoreline of 0-13 to 2-11 and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost to Dublin by a scoreline of 1-14 to 2-12. The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, his fourth, was the third final in which he started at left half-back and it was another loss to Dublin.

Before that he started in the centre in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final as Mayo lost again, though Dublin needed a replay on this occasion.

He missed the 2020 and 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final losses to Dublin and Tyrone respectively, due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and retired from inter-county football at the end of 2021.

Boyle made an appearance for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, scoring a total of one over.

Boyle was named coach and selector of the Mayo minor team ahead of the 2023 season.

References

1. ^ "Colm Boyle takes up coaching role with Mayo minors". RTÉ. 25 September 2022.
2. "Conroy leads Davitts home". The Mayo News. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
3. "Donegal 2–11 0–13 Mayo". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
4. Breheny, Martin (24 September 2012). "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
5. "As it happened: Donegal v Mayo, All-Ireland SFC final". TheScore.ie. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
6. "Dublin 2–12 Mayo 1–14". RTÉ. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
7. "Ireland 57–35 Australia". RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

Ireland squads

v t e Ireland football team – 2013 International Rules Series 1 O'Rourke 2 Begley 3 Boyle 4 Byrne 5 Cavanagh 6 Conroy 7 Doyle 8 Flynn 9 Hanley 12 Keegan 13 Kilkenny 14 McBrearty 15 McCaffrey 17 McGee 18 McKaigue 19 McKeever 20 McLoughlin 21 McManus 22 Munnelly 23 Murphy (c) 24 O'Shea 25 Sheehan 26 Shields 27 Tuohy 28 Walsh (vc) Coach Earley v t e Ireland football team – 2014 International Rules Series 1 Begley 2 Boyle 3 Cavanagh 4 Cregg 5 Donnelly 6 F. Hanley 7 P. Hanley 8 Hughes 9 Keegan 10 McCarthy 11 McDonald 12 McGee 13 McKaigue 14 McKernan 15 McLoughlin 16 McManus 17 Moran 18 Morgan 19 Munnelly 20 Murphy (c) 21 C. O'Neill 22 P. O'Neill 23 O'Rourke 24 O'Shea 25 Walsh (vc) Manager Earley

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