Ger Farragher

Ger Farragher (born 10 June 1983) is an Irish sportsman. A hurler, he played at senior level in the forward line on the Galway county team. He plays his club hurling with Castlegar.

Born (1983-06-10) 10 June 1983 (age 42)

Galway, Ireland

Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)

SportHurling

PositionMidfield

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Ger Farragher

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Born	(1983-06-10) 10 June 1983 (age 42) Galway, Ireland
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Club Years Club 1999– Castlegar Inter-county Years County Apps (scores) 2002–2011 Galway 33 (6–127) Inter-county titles NHL 1 All Stars 1

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Farragher was born in Galway in 1983 and has had much success in the game of hurling. At inter-county level he has won 2 back-to-back minor All-Ireland medals in 1999 and 2000. In 2002 he made his senior championship debut and has gone on to be one of the game's most prolific scorers. Farragher also has an All-Ireland senior hurling runners-up medal from 2005 when he was the top-scorer in the championship. He has also played on Institute of Technology, Sligo's Ryan Cup team. In 2005 Farragher claimed his first All-Star Award.^[1]

In 2010, Farragher was named Opel GPA player of the League for his performance in the National Hurling League that year.^[2]

Farragher also played soccer with Oranbay 90 (now incorporated in Maree Oranmore FC) in the Galway FA leagues. Farragher usually operated as a winger for the Maree Oranmore outfit