Killian Clarke

Killian Clarke (born 19 September 1993) is a Gaelic footballer from Shercock, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland; who plays with his club Shercock and for the Cavan county team. He has won Ulster football championship titles at Minor, U21 and Senior grade, as well as a Railway Cup football title with Ulster in 2016.

Playing career Clarke is a nephew of former Cavan GAA Football forward and past Cavan Minor Football Manager, Jodie Clarke. He plays club football for Shercock GAA. During his time there, Clarke contested two Sigerson Cup campaign - including 2016 - when UU were hosts.

Cavan Senior Football Team Whilst at UU, at the age of 19, Clarke made his inter-county debut for Cavan against Donegal in the Ulster Senior Football Championship. In 2017, he was named captain of Cavan for the year. This lasted for a year before Clarke stepped down. In 2019, Clarke played in his first Ulster final, losing to Donegal.

In 2019, Clarke received a red card during Cavan's National Football League match against Tyrone at Healy Park. Later in the year, Clarke announced he was stepping away from county football temporarily due to wanting to focus on his personal life after having made 72 senior appearances for his county.

Killian returned to the Cavan panel for the delayed 2020 Ulster Championship campaign, where Cavan defeated Donegal in the Ulster final. Cavan exited the 2020 All-Ireland Championship at the hands of Dublin in the AI Semi-Final. Clarke was part of the Cavan team that won promotion from NFL Division 4 to Division 3 in 2022, winning the NFL Divisional Final against Tipperary in Croke Park in April 2022 in the process.

Ulster In 2016, Clarke was selected at full back by Ulster Team Manager Pete McGrath to represent Ulster in the Interprovincial Railway Cup. Ulster defeated Munster in the semi-final and overcame Connacht in Pairc Sean MacDiarmada in December 2016, to win his first Railway Cup.

In 2020, Killian was part of the Cavan Senior Football team which won the Ulster Senior Football Championship and secured a second Irish News Ulster All Star Award in the process.

International rules In 2015 Clarke was placed on the standby list for the Ireland's International Rules Series against Australia, however did not play. Clarke played for Ireland during the series despite issues with his passport.

Honours Ulster InterProvincial Football (Railway Cup): 2016

Cavan Ulster Senior Football Championship (1): 2020 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship (3): 2012, 2013, 2014 Ulster Minor Football Championship (1): 2011

Shercock Cavan Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2017 Cavan Junior Football Championship (1): 2011

Individual Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022 Irish News Ulster All-Star (2): 2013, 2020