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Liam O'Neill (Gaelic footballer)

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Liam O'Neill, born in 1947, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team. He joined the team in the late 1960s and was a regular in the starting fifteen for almost a decade, winning six Connacht medals and one All-Star award. He is a member of a unique set of Galway players who lost three All-Ireland finals in four years. He had a lengthy club career with St Grellan's, and he went on to manage the Mayo county football team in later years, his son Kevin playing inter-county football for Mayo.

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is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team
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    he won six Connacht medals and one All-Star award
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    is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team
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    is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team
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    is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team
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