Fiachra Breathnach

Fiachra Breathnach is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Galway, born on 21 November 1986. He played his club football with Naomh Anna, Leitir Móir before transferring to St Vincents, and is a former member of the Galway senior county panel. At underage level he represented Galway City and West in the Ted Webb competition in 2001 and 2002, played on the Galway minor panels that won the Connacht championships of 2003 and 2004, and captained the senior football team of St Jarlath's College, Tuam in 2004, a school that reached the Hogan Cup final in 2003. He was chosen for the Ireland schoolboys side in the International Rules series of 2004, in which Ireland recorded a first series victory over Australia at under 18 level. At university he won a Fresher A intervarsity title with NUI Galway in 2005 and captained its senior team in the Galway championship in 2007 and 2008 and in the Sigerson competition in 2008. The article also records that he won the 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Galway. He made his senior debut as a substitute under Peter Forde in 2006 in a qualifier against Westmeath, and it calls his goal against Mayo in the 2008 Connacht final a career highlight. In 2009 he captained Naomh Anna to the Galway Intermediate Football Championship and the Connacht Intermediate Club title.