Fachtna Collins

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Irish Gaelic footballer

Irish name Fachtna Ó Coileáin

Sport Gaelic football

Born 1973
Aughadown, County Cork, Ireland

Fachtna Collins
Personal information
Irish name	Fachtna Ó Coileáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfielder
Born	1973 Aughadown, County Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Occupation	Veterinary surgeon
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ilen Rovers → Carbery
Club titles
Cork titles	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College
1991-1996	University College Dublin
College titles
Sigerson titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1996-2001	Cork	10 (1-03)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	0
NFL	1
All Stars	0

Fachtna Collins (born 1973) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Ilen Rovers divisional side Carbery and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.^[1]

Collins first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Ilen Rovers club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with St. Fachtna's De La Salle College in Skibbereen and, after winning consecutive Corn Uí Mhuirí titles, won a Hogan Cup medal in 1991.^[2]^[3] As a student at University College Dublin, Collins captained the senior team to the Sigerson Cup title in 1996.^[4]

Collins progressed to adult level with his club and won numerous South West JAFC titles before winning a Cork JAFC title in 2001 and a Cork IAFC title in 2003.^[5] He was at midfield when Ilen Rovers beat St. Michael's to win the inaugural All-Ireland ICFC title in 2004.^[6] Collins also lined out with divisional side Carbery.

Collins first played for Cork as a member of the minor team that beat Mayo in the 1991 All-Ireland minor final.^[7] He later claimed All-Ireland honours as a member of the junior team in 1993 and with the under-21 team in 1994.^[8]^[9] Collins's performances with the junior team earned a call-up to the senior team in 1996. He won National League and Munster Championship titles in 1999, however, Cork were beaten by Meath in that year's All-Ireland final.^[10]

Honours

↑ "Collins hoping Ilen will call the tune". Irish Examiner. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "Football heroes who put St Fachtna's de la Salle Skibbereen on the map". The Southern Star. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "West Cork clubs united as St Fachtna's collected the Hogan Cup". Echo Live. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "UCC tipped to retain Sigerson Cup". Irish Times. 1 March 1996. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "Hungry Rovers find extra gears to register emphatic victory". Irish Examiner. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "Easy in the end for Ilen". Irish Independent. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "Minors looking for tenth All-Ireland". Irish Independent. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
↑ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
↑ "Under 21 football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
↑ "Sneior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

Fachtna Collins navigation boxes

Cork – 1991 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (8th title)

Subs not used: D. O'Mahony; B. McCarthy; J. Dillon; J. O'Sullivan; D. Callanan; D. Linehan; D. O'Dwyer

Trainer: É. Ryan
Selectors: P. O'Donovan; D. Mac Cárthaigh; C. McLoughlin; D. Holland; N. O'Keeffe

Cork – 1994 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Champions (9th title)

Subs not used: 15 P. Mackey; 16 B. Collins; 17 C. Murphy; 20 S. Collins; 21 M. Cronin; 22 K. Quilter; 23 C. O'Brien

Cork – 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Subs not used: 16 A. Quirke; 18 M. O'Connor; 21 B. J. O'Sullivan; 22 B. Walsh; 23 A. Dorgan; 24 J. Miskella