Charlie Nelligan was born on 26 February 1957 in Castleisland, County Kerry, and is an Irish former sportsperson best known as a Gaelic football goalkeeper. He played for his local club Castleisland Desmonds, with whom he won Munster club and All-Ireland club medals in the 1980s, and for the Kerry county team at senior level between 1974 and 1991. Kerry were the dominant side of the era, and Nelligan, who became first-choice goalkeeper in 1978, collected seven All-Ireland winners' medals and nine Munster titles during his career. He also won National League medals, lined out for Munster in the inter-provincial Railway Cup, and played association football with Home Farm in Dublin and with the Irish amateur team. He also played hurling with the St Patrick's club and won a Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1983.
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(born 26 February 1957 in Castleisland, County Kerry)
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He played Gaelic football with his local club Castleisland Desmonds
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at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1974 and 1991
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