Gary Connaughton is an inter-county

GAA county

A Gaelic Athletic Association county is a geographic region within the Gaelic Athletic Association , controlled by a county board and originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties have...

 Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

er for Westmeath

Westmeath GAA

The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath...

. He was awarded an All Star for performances with Westmeath in 2008 as Goalkeeper. He works in his fathers Quarry business. His club team is Tubberclair GAA Club in which he also plays as goalkeeper, He also Played League of Ireland Soccer with Athlone town F.C for several seasons, He has also represented Ireland at underage soccer winning a European Under 19 Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

The European Under 19 Football Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA junior tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1955...

 medal in 1998 where he was second to first choice keeper Alex O'Reilly of West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

, In that same year he received a trial with Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

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