Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Irish name | C. J. Ó Maolmhuaidh [1] | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Born | 1988 or 1989 (age 34–35) [2] | ||
Nickname | Big Ceej [3] | ||
Occupation | Legal executive [2] | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
200?–2014 2014– |
Donegal New York Ard an Rátha | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2007–2011 2012–2014 |
Union College Iona College | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2008–2013 2014–2015 |
New York Donegal | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands |
has one all Ireland with New York beating Kilkenny by one point and kicking a free over the bar |
C. J. Molloy (born 1989) is an American sportsperson. As a Gaelic footballer he has played for New York in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Son of Connie Molloy, a manager of and former player with the New York team, [3] [4] he is a native of Hawthorne, which is about thirty miles north of Manhattan. He is the nephew of Anthony Molloy, the 1992 All-Ireland winning captain. [5] As a boy he spent summers in Donegal, Galway and Tralee. [6]
Molloy received a basketball scholarship from Union College located three and a half hours away. However, he returned to the Bronx three times each week for football training. He ultimately gave up basketball after a few months to concentrate on his football. [7]
He studied at Union College between 2007 and 2011, completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government. He completed a Master of Business Administration in Management at Iona College between 2012 and 2014. [8]
Molloy played for New York teams in the All-Ireland Feile Under-14 competitions in 2002 in Carlow and in 2003 in Galway. [6]
Molloy made his New York senior debut in 2008 in a game against Leitrim. [7] [4] [9] He was sent off in 2013 as New York exited the Championship against Leitrim, who were returning to the Bronx for the first time since then. [10]
He played in the 2012 All Stars match and scored a goal. [7] He met Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, there with the team; McGuinness invited Molloy to Donegal. [11]
Molloy flew to Donegal. He participated with the Donegal county team from his arrival in mid-February 2014, but parted from them in 2015 struggling with injuries.
When Molloy moved to Ireland, he went to play for his uncle's club, Ard an Rátha. [12] He had never played for them until this time. [6] He has been club captain. [13]
In 2016, Molloy appeared in a Street Gaelic football video — Peil Star 2 — with Dublin players Shane Carthy and Diarmuid Connolly. In the video, Connolly kicks a football across the River Liffey in Dublin. [3]
He scored a contender for goal of the season against reigning Senior Football Champions Glenswilly in 2017, though his team lost the match. [14] Directly from the second-half throw-in, he soloed through the Glenswilly defence and kicked the ball into the net from a distance of around 25 yards. [15]
He was at McCann Fitzgerald between April 2016 and February 2018 when he moved to the Sanne group. [8] He spent the period between September 2015 and March 2016 at Maples and Calder in Dublin, having before that been at Wilson Esler between 2011 and 2013. [8]
He has sustained a cruciate injury. [16]
[Tomas] Ó Baoill replied with a free for Ard an Rátha and they then had a goal chance but CJ Ó Maolmhuaidh was denied by a brilliant block from Jason Mac Cathmaoil.
Known as 'Big Ceej', Molloy has represented New York at all levels in Gaelic football… his father, Connie was a New York GAA player and manager.
New York's woes were compounded late on when CJ Molloy was dismissed for a second yellow card.
Ardara had moved into a 1–10 to 1–4 lead before C J Molloy and Thomas Boyle found the Termon net twice in a matter of minutes to stretch their team's lead out to 12 points with 20 minutes still on the clock.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Irish name | C. J. Ó Maolmhuaidh [1] | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Born | 1988 or 1989 (age 34–35) [2] | ||
Nickname | Big Ceej [3] | ||
Occupation | Legal executive [2] | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
200?–2014 2014– |
Donegal New York Ard an Rátha | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2007–2011 2012–2014 |
Union College Iona College | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2008–2013 2014–2015 |
New York Donegal | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands |
has one all Ireland with New York beating Kilkenny by one point and kicking a free over the bar |
C. J. Molloy (born 1989) is an American sportsperson. As a Gaelic footballer he has played for New York in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Son of Connie Molloy, a manager of and former player with the New York team, [3] [4] he is a native of Hawthorne, which is about thirty miles north of Manhattan. He is the nephew of Anthony Molloy, the 1992 All-Ireland winning captain. [5] As a boy he spent summers in Donegal, Galway and Tralee. [6]
Molloy received a basketball scholarship from Union College located three and a half hours away. However, he returned to the Bronx three times each week for football training. He ultimately gave up basketball after a few months to concentrate on his football. [7]
He studied at Union College between 2007 and 2011, completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government. He completed a Master of Business Administration in Management at Iona College between 2012 and 2014. [8]
Molloy played for New York teams in the All-Ireland Feile Under-14 competitions in 2002 in Carlow and in 2003 in Galway. [6]
Molloy made his New York senior debut in 2008 in a game against Leitrim. [7] [4] [9] He was sent off in 2013 as New York exited the Championship against Leitrim, who were returning to the Bronx for the first time since then. [10]
He played in the 2012 All Stars match and scored a goal. [7] He met Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, there with the team; McGuinness invited Molloy to Donegal. [11]
Molloy flew to Donegal. He participated with the Donegal county team from his arrival in mid-February 2014, but parted from them in 2015 struggling with injuries.
When Molloy moved to Ireland, he went to play for his uncle's club, Ard an Rátha. [12] He had never played for them until this time. [6] He has been club captain. [13]
In 2016, Molloy appeared in a Street Gaelic football video — Peil Star 2 — with Dublin players Shane Carthy and Diarmuid Connolly. In the video, Connolly kicks a football across the River Liffey in Dublin. [3]
He scored a contender for goal of the season against reigning Senior Football Champions Glenswilly in 2017, though his team lost the match. [14] Directly from the second-half throw-in, he soloed through the Glenswilly defence and kicked the ball into the net from a distance of around 25 yards. [15]
He was at McCann Fitzgerald between April 2016 and February 2018 when he moved to the Sanne group. [8] He spent the period between September 2015 and March 2016 at Maples and Calder in Dublin, having before that been at Wilson Esler between 2011 and 2013. [8]
He has sustained a cruciate injury. [16]
[Tomas] Ó Baoill replied with a free for Ard an Rátha and they then had a goal chance but CJ Ó Maolmhuaidh was denied by a brilliant block from Jason Mac Cathmaoil.
Known as 'Big Ceej', Molloy has represented New York at all levels in Gaelic football… his father, Connie was a New York GAA player and manager.
New York's woes were compounded late on when CJ Molloy was dismissed for a second yellow card.
Ardara had moved into a 1–10 to 1–4 lead before C J Molloy and Thomas Boyle found the Termon net twice in a matter of minutes to stretch their team's lead out to 12 points with 20 minutes still on the clock.