Cormac Costello

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Cormac Costello
Personal information
Irish name Cormac Mac Coisdealbha
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner forward
Born (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994 (age 29)
Perth, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Whitehall Colmcille
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2013 -
Dublin 46 (6-118)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 11
All-Irelands 8
NFL 5
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 30 July 2023.

Cormac Costello (born 18 July 1994) is a Gaelic football forward for the Dublin county team, with which he has won eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and five National Football League medals.[1] The former Ardscoil Rís student plays his club football for Whitehall Colmcille.

Costello won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 2012,[2] then an All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship in May 2014[3] In 2014, he was a sub in the quarter-final victory over Laois in the Leinster Senior Championship. He scored three points in the game.[4] During the semi-final victory over Wexford he was a sub again and he scored 1-05.[5] He won a Leinster Senior Championship against Meath in 2014. He was a sub and scored one point in the game.[6] In the All-Ireland quarter-final Costello was a sub again and managed one point in a one-sided game against Monaghan.[7] He was selected at corner forward against Donegal but Dublin crashed out in the semi-final.[8]

On 1 October 2016, Costello came off the bench and scored three points as Dublin won the All-Ireland final after a replay with Mayo.[9]

Career Statistics[edit]

As of match played 30 July 2023
Team Season National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Dublin 2013 Division 1 1 0-00 2 0-01 3 0-01
2014 3 1-09 0 0-00 3 1-09
2015 0 0-00 1 0-00 1 0-00
2016 1 0-00 2 0-03 3 0-03
2017 0 0-00 1 0-00 1 0-00
2018 1 0-04 5 0-14 6 0-18
2019 3 1-24 5 0-07 8 1-31
2020 3 0-07 2 0-01 5 0-08
2021 3 1-15 1 0-00 4 1-15
2022 3 2-06 2 1-01 5 3-07
2023 Division 2 3 0-06 4 0-20 7 0-26
Total 21 5-71 25 1-47 46 6-118

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cormac Costello". Dublingaa.ie. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ^ Steven O'Rourke. "Dublin too strong for Meath in All-Ireland MFC Final". The Score. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ^ Fintan O'Toole. "As it happened: Dublin v Roscommon, All-Ireland U21 football final". The Score. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Dublin survive scare to see off Laois". RTÉ Sport. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Dublin ease through to Meath showdown". RTÉ Sport. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Dublin cruise to another Leinster title". RTÉ Sport. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. ^ "All-Ireland SFC quarter-final: metronomic Metropolitans murder Monaghan - Hoganstand.com". Hoganstand.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Dublin dethroned by stunning Donegal". Irish Examiner. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014. Jack McCaffrey and Cormac Costello came into the Dublin team. [...] Stephen Cluxton send a difficult '45' wide of the target and late inclusion Costello was also wayward from play.
  9. ^ "Costello comes of age with impact from bench". RTE Sport. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.