Colm Parkinson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Born |
1978 Portlaoise, Laois | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2009-2010 |
Portlaoise Parnells GAA | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Laois titles | 6 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1998-2008 2011- |
Laois Laois | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Colm "Wooly" Parkinson (born 1978 in Meelick, Portlaoise) is an Irish Gaelic footballer.
Career
Parkinson captained Portlaoise to a Leinster Club title in 2004. The same year he earned the Leinster Club Player of the year and the Laois player of the year for his performances for Portlaoise. In 2009 he transferred to the Parnells club in Dublin.[1] He returned to Portlaoise again in 2011.
He is formerly a co-presenter of the Off The Ball sports show on Newstalk, a post he left to become GAA editor of website SportsJOE.ie There he launched a football and hurling podcast show 'The GAA Hour', which goes out four times per week. Parkinson is also a supporter of Everton Football Club.
Honours
- Inter-county
- 1 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship 1998
- 1 Leinster Minor Football Championship 1996
- 1 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1996
- 1 Leinster Senior Football Championship 2003
- Club
- 6 Laois Senior Football Championship 1999 2002 2004 2007 2008 2011
- 5 Laois All-County Football League 1996 2004 2007 2008 2011
- 1 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship 2004
- College
- 1 Sigerson Cup 1999 Tralee IT
- International rules
- 1 International rules football 1998
- Individual
- Leinster club player of the year 2004
- Laois player of the year 2004
References
- ^ "Lesson learned for round two". The Herald. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2010.