Liam Silke

Liam Silke (born 22 November 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county team. He is a nephew of All-Ireland SFC winning Galway captain Ray Silke.^[1] Silke plays his club football for Corofin.

Silke is an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winner, having been part of the Corofin team that beat Slaughtneil in the 2015 Final.^[2]

Silke made his senior championship debut for Galway against New York in the 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship, starting that game.^[3] He was part of the team that won the 2016 Connacht Championship, the county's first provincial title since 2008.^[4]

Honours

^ "Galway's Silke tips Mayo to win". The Mayo News. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016. Silke, a teacher at Coláiste Iognáid in Galway, has been impressed with the likes of Micheál Lundy, Patrick Sweeney, Damien Comer and his nephew Liam Silke.
^ "Corofin crowned football champions at HQ after recording comfortable victory over Slaughtneil". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
^ "12 counties represented on New York team with 4 debutants on Galway side for Big Apple clash". The42. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
^ "Goals fire Galway to first provincial title since 2008". RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
^ Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.

Corofin squads

Subs used: 22 D. Wall for Martin Farragher; 20 J. Burke for R. Steede; 17 M. Comer for C. Silke; 19 C. Cunningham for G. Higgins; 21 K. Murphy for G. Delaney; 25 J. Canney for I. Burke

Subs used: 18 C. Cunningham for K. Molloy; 17 Colin Brady for M. Lundy; 20 B. O'Donovan for J. Leonard; 21 D. McHugh for C. Silke; 19 Ciarán Brady for D. Burke; 22 D. Canney for Martin Farragher

Subs used: 23 Colin Brady for L. Silke; 17 C. Cunningham for D. McHugh; 19 G. Burke for M. Lundy; 18 C. McGrath (jc) for D. Wall; 23 D. Canney for G. Sice; 28 Ciarán Brady for D. Burke

Subs used: 6 C. Cunningham for D. Wall; 17 D. McHugh for K. Molloy; 20 G. Burke for C. Brady; 18 C. McGrath for C. Silke; 22 D. Silke for Martin Farragher; 24 D. Canney for D. Burke; 14 Martin Farragher for D. Silke; 25 C. Newell for M. Lundy; 5 K. Molloy for Martin Farragher; 29 R. Mahon for L. Silke

Galway – 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 23 F. Ó Laoi for R. Finnerty; 19 C. Sweeney for P. Conroy; 24 E. Finnerty for J. Heaney; 20 N. Daly for M. Tierney

Subs not used: 16 J. Keane; 17 J. Foley; 18 B. Mannion; 21 Paul Kelly; 22 O. Gallagher; 25 D. Conneely; 26 D. Canney

Awards

v t e 2018 Club Football Team of the Year
1 A. McMullan 2 L. Silke^FOTY 3 K. Fitzgerald 4 K. McKaigue 5 J. Murray 6 C. McKaigue 7 D. Wall 8 A. O'Donovan 9 Michael Farragher 10 E. O'Connor 11 C. Bradley 12 I. Burke 13 P. McBrearty 14 L. Connolly 15 Martin Farragher

v t e 2019 Club Football Team of the Year
1 B. Power 2 L. Silke 3 P. Fox 4 Ó. McFadden Ferry 5 K. Molloy^FOTY 6 G. White 7 D. McElligott 8 D. Burke 9 O. Mac Niallais 10 G. Sice 11 K. O'Leary 12 J. Leonard 13 T. Brosnan 14 K. Cassidy 15 M. Farragher

v t e 2020 Club Football Team of the Year
1 B. Power 2 A. Branagan 3 K. Fitzgerald 4 L. Silke 5 K. O'Donovan 6 R. McDaid 7 D. Branagan 8 D. Burke 9 R. Steede^FOTY 10 G. Sice 11 P. Devlin 12 S. Gannon 13 C. Basquel 14 M. Farragher 15 C. Laverty

v t e 2022 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 S. Ryan 2 C. McKaigue 3 J. Foley 4 L. Silke 5 T. Morley 6 J. Daly 7 G. White 8 C. Glass 9 C. McDaid 10 P. Clifford 11 S. O'Shea 12 C. Kilkenny 13 D. Clifford^FOTY 14 D. Comer 15 S. Walsh

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