Colm Gilcreest is a former professional snooker player from Kilmainhamwood

Kilmainhamwood

Kilmainhamwood, historically simply Killmainham , is a village and townland in north County Meath, Ireland. The village is built on the River Dee and is situated north of Whitewood Lake. The town is located on local roads...

, County Meath

County Meath

County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

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Career history

He is a former Irish champion. In the 2000 World Snooker Championship Gilcreest won six games against Philip Seaton, Simon Bedford

Simon Bedford

Simon Bedford is an English professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship beating Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 10–6 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in...

, Robin Hull

Robin Hull

Robin Hull is a Finnish professional snooker player. For some time he was the sole Nordic player on the game's main tour, although his accent reflects the fact that he was largely raised in London, and his father is English....

, Karl Burrows, Jimmy Michie

Jimmy Michie

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 and Stefan Mazrocis

Stefan Mazrocis

Stefan Mazrocis is an international standard Dutch amateur snooker player. He was born of Latvian/English parentage, spent his early snooker years of snooker in Leicester, England honing his snooker skills. He has recorded three maximum breaks in a single day...

 to reach the final qualifying round, losing 10-6 to Billy Snaddon

Billy Snaddon

Billy Snaddon is a Scottish former professional snooker player. He reached the World Snooker Championship first round five times, but never progressed past this stage...

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He recently reached the final of the 2008 World Amateur Snooker Championship in Wels, Austria where he lost to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is a professional snooker player from Thailand. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season with winning the 2008 IBSF World Amateur Championship.-External links:***...

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Other Sport

Colm Gilcreest also plays gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

with Kilmainhamwood GFC. He plays in the right corner forward position and is number 13.