Cormac McAnallen
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Cormac McAnallen was an Irish
Gaelic football
er who played for Tyrone
. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
with the county in 2003
, also winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship
twice and two National League
titles. At underage level he won an All-Ireland Minor
and two All-Ireland Under 21 Championship
s with Tyrone. He also won an All Star Award
for his performances in the 2003 Championship.
McAnallen played his club football for Eglish St. Patrick's
. He also for UCD
while studying in Dublin and won helped the university win the Dublin Senior Football Championship.
McAnallen died suddenly on 2 March 2004, aged 24. Despite his relatively short career, he won almost every honour in the game. He was often captain
of successful teams, and was known as a particularly inspirational captain.
. He lived in the Brantry, with his parents Brendan and Bridget, and his brothers Donal and Fergus. Between 1984 and 1990 Cormac attended Derrylatinee Primary School; from 1990 to 1997 he attended St. Patrick's Grammar School in Armagh
. At St. Patrick's he was part of the team that won the Blackboard Jungle quiz on RTÉ
(1996/97). He was a student at Queens University Belfast between 1997 and 2001, and in 2001/02 he studied at University College Dublin
, while doing teaching practice at St. Benildus College
, Stillorgan
. He graduated from Queens in 2000 with B.A. in History, and in 2001 with Postgraduate Diploma in Computer-Based Learning. He graduated from UCD in 2002 with a Higher Diploma in Education. He was named Queen's University Graduate of the Year in 2004.
From 2002 to 2004 Cormac's main subject of teaching was history and politics at St. Catherine's College
, Armagh and he managed school sports teams. He also however taught other subjects such as history, politics, mathematics, computers, French and Religion. He was well liked by students and staff alike. In his after-school hours he acted as a Youth-Sport co-ordinator in the Armagh district
, and he was frequently a coach at Tyrone GAA summer camps.
In 2003 McAnallen got engaged to Ashlene Moore. In his spare time, McAnallen played a wide range of sports – including hurling
, golf
, table tennis
and soccer – and loved watching every type of sport. He was also a keen participant in quizzes, and he took a great interest in history and Gaelic culture.
with Tyrone and they went on to reach the All-Ireland Minor final
, but were defeated by Laois
. The following year with McAnallen as captain, Tyrone defended their Ulster crown and also went on to win the All-Ireland Minor title. He was named Personality of the Year by the Ulster GAA Writers Association in 1998.
McAnallen was Tyrone Under 21 captain in 2000 and 2001. In both those years the county won both the Ulster Under 21 Championship
and the All-Ireland Under 21 Championship
twice.
By this stage he was already playing for the Tyrone Senior side. In 2001 he won an Ulster Senior Championship
medal and was named both All Stars Young Footballer of the Year and the Ulster GAA Writers Association's Footballer of the Year.
He was a midfielder on the Tyrone team that won back-to-back National League
titles in 2002 and 2003. In 2003 he moved to the full-back position and two months later the team won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
for the first time in the county's history. Tyrone had also won the Ulster Championship earlier in the summer on route to winning the All-Ireland. McAnallen was rewarded with an All Star award for his performances in the 2003 Championship
.
In 2004, just over a week before his death, he captained Tyrone to success in the Dr. McKenna Cup.
in 1996 and 1997. He won a Tyrone Intermediate Championship
medal with the club in 1997.
McAnallen played for UCD
while studying at the university and won the Dublin Senior Football Championship medal in 2001 and 2002 captaining the team both years.
in 2003 and also played in the competition in 2001.
in the International Rules Series
against Australia
in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
.
and won Ulster Schools ‘A’ basketball titles from Under 14 to Under 19 levels. He also represented Ulster
at basketball from Under 14 to Under 17 levels.
as a whole.
The President of Ireland
Mary McAleese
said "Cormac was revered throughout the country as one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of his time. It is hard to believe that one who died so young had already packed into his short life every possible honour in the game. It has been said that he has 'left behind much, much more than an empty jersey hanging on a peg'. For Cormac left the gifts of exemplary leadership, of passion for life itself, of discipline, sacrifice and courage, of generosity and service to others. Here was a life built on good choices, built in fact on goodness itself."
Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Seán Brady
said: "Cormac was an icon in the proper sense of the term. He was a role model, gentle and modest, dedicated and disciplined, joyful and happy."
Seán Kelly, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association at the time, said: "Cormac exemplified everything that was good in a Gaelic footballer and human being. He had that great and rare gift of greatness, allied to humanity. He won everything with style, skill and sportsmanship, in tandem with great academic achievement."
Singer-songwriter
and Tyrone team-mate Mickey Coleman, wrote the song The Brantry Boy as a tribute to McAnallen.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5L2rpaMabo
Tyrone manager Mickey Harte
said: "He was such a good guy, a brilliant athlete and dedicated player…His maturity belied his years, and he was everything you would want in a young man. He was just a gem of a man."
Tyrone colleague Peter Canavan
said "He was so enthusiastic and so keen to learn and it was a great honour for me just to be able to play alongside him. What Cormac tried to do, the other players tended to follow. Everybody knew from his early days that Cormac would become captain of the Tyrone senior team. Tyrone has lost a great leader."
Margaret Martin, principal of St. Catherine’s College at the time of McAnallen's death said "Cormac’s contribution to the life of the school has been immeasurable and we were privileged to have had Cormac, one of Ireland’s top athletes, among our staff. There is a sense of national loss and he epitomised someone who was committed to education, to Irish culture and Gaelic games."
In 2004 the Cormac McAnallen Cup, the cup that Ireland and Australia play for in the International Rules Series
, was named in his honour.
In January 2005, the Cormac McAnallen’s GAC was founded in Sydney
, Australia
.
In February 2005 the Cormac Trust was launched in his memory. Its aims are to raise awareness of conditions causing Sudden Cardiac Death
in the young; to promote cardiac screening to detect such conditions; to provide education and information to raise awareness at government level and among other authorities as to the value of providing facilities for the screening of young people; and to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for sports clubs in the local region, and CPR training.
In September 2005, when Tyrone won their second All-Ireland Championship, team captain Brian Dooher
dedicated the victory in Cormac's name in his acceptance speech said "Cormac should have been standing here instead of me," and went on to say, as a tearful team manager Mickey Harte had previously done only minutes before, that Cormac immediately stated after he had been appointed captain that he had not wished the 2003 All-Ireland success to be his last with the county. The tens of thousands of Tyrone fans who were on the pitch after Tyrone won the match then began to chant Cormac's name on what was an intensely emotional day for all those involved in Gaelic games in Tyrone.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
er who played for Tyrone
Tyrone GAA
The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tyrone. The county board is also responsible for the Tyrone inter-county teams....
. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
with the county in 2003
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2003
The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was won by Tyrone in a landmark final that was the first All-Ireland final that was contested by two teams from the same province, Tyrone, and Armagh - both from Ulster....
, also winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship
Ulster Senior Football Championship
For information on this years competition, see Ulster Senior Football Championship 2011-2010 Draw:-2009 Draw:-2008 Draw:-Top winners:* All-Ireland winning years in bold.-Roll of honour:Notes:* 1907 No final result in records...
twice and two National League
National Football League (Ireland)
The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The prize for the winning team is the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company...
titles. At underage level he won an All-Ireland Minor
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland...
and two All-Ireland Under 21 Championship
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months...
s with Tyrone. He also won an All Star Award
GAA All Stars Awards
The All Stars Awards, currently sponsored by Vodafone, are given annually since 1971 by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the best player in each of the fifteen positions in Gaelic football and Hurling in Ireland. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as the player of the year...
for his performances in the 2003 Championship.
McAnallen played his club football for Eglish St. Patrick's
Eglish St. Patrick's
Eglish St. Patrick's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Eglish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. There is a new football pitch called Pairc Chormaic named after Cormac McAnallen. Eglish also won the Tyrone Senior league in 1976 and four Intermediate Chapiomships in...
. He also for UCD
UCD GAA
UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the motto's "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and...
while studying in Dublin and won helped the university win the Dublin Senior Football Championship.
McAnallen died suddenly on 2 March 2004, aged 24. Despite his relatively short career, he won almost every honour in the game. He was often captain
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
of successful teams, and was known as a particularly inspirational captain.
Personal life
Cormac McAnallen was born on 11 February 1980 in DungannonDungannon
Dungannon is a medium-sized town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the third-largest town in the county and a population of 11,139 people was recorded in the 2001 Census. In August 2006, Dungannon won Ulster In Bloom's Best Kept Town Award for the fifth time...
. He lived in the Brantry, with his parents Brendan and Bridget, and his brothers Donal and Fergus. Between 1984 and 1990 Cormac attended Derrylatinee Primary School; from 1990 to 1997 he attended St. Patrick's Grammar School in Armagh
Armagh
Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...
. At St. Patrick's he was part of the team that won the Blackboard Jungle quiz on RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
(1996/97). He was a student at Queens University Belfast between 1997 and 2001, and in 2001/02 he studied at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
, while doing teaching practice at St. Benildus College
St. Benildus College
St. Benildus College is a Catholic boys' secondary school located in Kilmacud, Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1966 when free secondary education was introduced in Ireland. Founded in 1966, the College was named after the De La Salle Saint, Brother Benildus of Clermont, France.. As of 2005,...
, Stillorgan
Stillorgan
Stillorgan , formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present...
. He graduated from Queens in 2000 with B.A. in History, and in 2001 with Postgraduate Diploma in Computer-Based Learning. He graduated from UCD in 2002 with a Higher Diploma in Education. He was named Queen's University Graduate of the Year in 2004.
From 2002 to 2004 Cormac's main subject of teaching was history and politics at St. Catherine's College
St Catherine's College Armagh
Saint Catherine's College Armagh is a maintained Catholic all-ability school catering for the 11-18 age group and is associated with the international group of schools served by the Society of the Sacred Heart....
, Armagh and he managed school sports teams. He also however taught other subjects such as history, politics, mathematics, computers, French and Religion. He was well liked by students and staff alike. In his after-school hours he acted as a Youth-Sport co-ordinator in the Armagh district
Armagh City and District Council
Armagh City and District Council is a district council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It includes the city of Armagh, as well as the surrounding area and its population is about 54,000. City status was officially conferred in 1995...
, and he was frequently a coach at Tyrone GAA summer camps.
In 2003 McAnallen got engaged to Ashlene Moore. In his spare time, McAnallen played a wide range of sports – including hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
and soccer – and loved watching every type of sport. He was also a keen participant in quizzes, and he took a great interest in history and Gaelic culture.
Inter-county
At Minor level, McAnallen won the 1997 Ulster Minor ChampionshipUlster Minor Football Championship
The Ulster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council. The trophy for the winning side is The Liam Murray Cup. The competition began in 1930, with...
with Tyrone and they went on to reach the All-Ireland Minor final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland...
, but were defeated by Laois
Laois GAA
The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:...
. The following year with McAnallen as captain, Tyrone defended their Ulster crown and also went on to win the All-Ireland Minor title. He was named Personality of the Year by the Ulster GAA Writers Association in 1998.
McAnallen was Tyrone Under 21 captain in 2000 and 2001. In both those years the county won both the Ulster Under 21 Championship
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
For the Senior equivalent see: Ulster Senior Football ChampionshipThe Ulster Under-21 Football Championship known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury Ulster Under-21 Football Championship is a Gaelic football tournament for players under the age of 21, contested by the nine counties of Ulster in...
and the All-Ireland Under 21 Championship
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months...
twice.
By this stage he was already playing for the Tyrone Senior side. In 2001 he won an Ulster Senior Championship
Ulster Senior Football Championship
For information on this years competition, see Ulster Senior Football Championship 2011-2010 Draw:-2009 Draw:-2008 Draw:-Top winners:* All-Ireland winning years in bold.-Roll of honour:Notes:* 1907 No final result in records...
medal and was named both All Stars Young Footballer of the Year and the Ulster GAA Writers Association's Footballer of the Year.
He was a midfielder on the Tyrone team that won back-to-back National League
National Football League (Ireland)
The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The prize for the winning team is the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company...
titles in 2002 and 2003. In 2003 he moved to the full-back position and two months later the team won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
for the first time in the county's history. Tyrone had also won the Ulster Championship earlier in the summer on route to winning the All-Ireland. McAnallen was rewarded with an All Star award for his performances in the 2003 Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2003
The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was won by Tyrone in a landmark final that was the first All-Ireland final that was contested by two teams from the same province, Tyrone, and Armagh - both from Ulster....
.
In 2004, just over a week before his death, he captained Tyrone to success in the Dr. McKenna Cup.
Club
McAnallen won consecutive Tyrone Minor Championships with EglishEglish St. Patrick's
Eglish St. Patrick's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Eglish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. There is a new football pitch called Pairc Chormaic named after Cormac McAnallen. Eglish also won the Tyrone Senior league in 1976 and four Intermediate Chapiomships in...
in 1996 and 1997. He won a Tyrone Intermediate Championship
Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship
The Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the 16 Tyrone clubs competing in Division 2 of the Tyrone All-County Football league.The winners of the Tyrone Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster...
medal with the club in 1997.
McAnallen played for UCD
UCD GAA
UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the motto's "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and...
while studying at the university and won the Dublin Senior Football Championship medal in 2001 and 2002 captaining the team both years.
Province
McAnallen won a Railway Cup medal with UlsterUlster GAA
The Ulster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in Armagh City....
in 2003 and also played in the competition in 2001.
International
McAnallen represented IrelandIreland international rules football team
The Ireland International rules football team is the representative team for Ireland in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football...
in the International Rules Series
International Rules Series
The International Rules Series is a senior men's International rules football competition between the Australia international rules football team and the Ireland international rules football team...
against Australia
Australia international rules football team
This article concerns the men's team; for information on the Australian women's team, see Australia women's international rules football team....
in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
College
McAnallen won the Ryan Cup with Queens University Belfast in 1999, and the following year helped the university win the Sigerson CupSigerson Cup
The Sigerson Cup is the top division of Higher Education Gaelic football in Ireland, It is administrated by the Higher Education committee which is part of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
.
Other sports
McAnallen played hurling for the Clan na nGael club. While at St. Pat's Amragh he played basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and won Ulster Schools ‘A’ basketball titles from Under 14 to Under 19 levels. He also represented Ulster
Ulster
Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial...
at basketball from Under 14 to Under 17 levels.
Death
McAnallen died suddenly in his sleep on 2 March 2004, aged 24, from an undetected heart condition. His death deeply affected the Tyrone team and the world of Gaelic gamesGaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...
as a whole.
Tributes
Following his death, tributes poured in for McAnallen.The President of Ireland
President of Ireland
The President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleese served as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was the second female president and was first elected in 1997 succeeding Mary Robinson, making McAleese the world's first woman to succeed another as president. She was re-elected unopposed for a second term in...
said "Cormac was revered throughout the country as one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of his time. It is hard to believe that one who died so young had already packed into his short life every possible honour in the game. It has been said that he has 'left behind much, much more than an empty jersey hanging on a peg'. For Cormac left the gifts of exemplary leadership, of passion for life itself, of discipline, sacrifice and courage, of generosity and service to others. Here was a life built on good choices, built in fact on goodness itself."
Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Seán Brady
Seán Brady
Seán Baptist Brady is an Irish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the current Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.-Early life and education:...
said: "Cormac was an icon in the proper sense of the term. He was a role model, gentle and modest, dedicated and disciplined, joyful and happy."
Seán Kelly, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association at the time, said: "Cormac exemplified everything that was good in a Gaelic footballer and human being. He had that great and rare gift of greatness, allied to humanity. He won everything with style, skill and sportsmanship, in tandem with great academic achievement."
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and Tyrone team-mate Mickey Coleman, wrote the song The Brantry Boy as a tribute to McAnallen.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5L2rpaMabo
Tyrone manager Mickey Harte
Mickey Harte
Michael "Mickey" Harte is the current manager of Tyrone Gaelic football team. He has led the team to three All-Ireland titles, three Ulster titles, one National League, and four Dr...
said: "He was such a good guy, a brilliant athlete and dedicated player…His maturity belied his years, and he was everything you would want in a young man. He was just a gem of a man."
Tyrone colleague Peter Canavan
Peter Canavan
Peter Canavan is manager of Fermanagh and an Irish former Gaelic football player for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history, winning two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, six GAA All Stars Awards , four provincial titles, and two National Leagues and...
said "He was so enthusiastic and so keen to learn and it was a great honour for me just to be able to play alongside him. What Cormac tried to do, the other players tended to follow. Everybody knew from his early days that Cormac would become captain of the Tyrone senior team. Tyrone has lost a great leader."
Margaret Martin, principal of St. Catherine’s College at the time of McAnallen's death said "Cormac’s contribution to the life of the school has been immeasurable and we were privileged to have had Cormac, one of Ireland’s top athletes, among our staff. There is a sense of national loss and he epitomised someone who was committed to education, to Irish culture and Gaelic games."
Legacy
International Rules Series
The International Rules Series is a senior men's International rules football competition between the Australia international rules football team and the Ireland international rules football team...
, was named in his honour.
In January 2005, the Cormac McAnallen’s GAC was founded in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
In February 2005 the Cormac Trust was launched in his memory. Its aims are to raise awareness of conditions causing Sudden Cardiac Death
Sudden Cardiac Death
Sudden cardiac death is natural death from cardiac causes, heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms. Other forms of sudden death may be noncardiac in origin...
in the young; to promote cardiac screening to detect such conditions; to provide education and information to raise awareness at government level and among other authorities as to the value of providing facilities for the screening of young people; and to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for sports clubs in the local region, and CPR training.
In September 2005, when Tyrone won their second All-Ireland Championship, team captain Brian Dooher
Brian Dooher
Brian Dooher is an Irish Gaelic footballer who was a member for Tyrone between 1995 and 2011.He has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, five Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National League titles with the county...
dedicated the victory in Cormac's name in his acceptance speech said "Cormac should have been standing here instead of me," and went on to say, as a tearful team manager Mickey Harte had previously done only minutes before, that Cormac immediately stated after he had been appointed captain that he had not wished the 2003 All-Ireland success to be his last with the county. The tens of thousands of Tyrone fans who were on the pitch after Tyrone won the match then began to chant Cormac's name on what was an intensely emotional day for all those involved in Gaelic games in Tyrone.
Senior
- All-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
:- Winner (1): 2003
- National Football LeagueNational Football League (Ireland)The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The prize for the winning team is the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company...
:- Winner (2): 2002, 2003
- Ulster Senior Football ChampionshipUlster Senior Football ChampionshipFor information on this years competition, see Ulster Senior Football Championship 2011-2010 Draw:-2009 Draw:-2008 Draw:-Top winners:* All-Ireland winning years in bold.-Roll of honour:Notes:* 1907 No final result in records...
:- Winner (2): 2001, 2003
- Dr. McKenna Cup:
- Winner (1): 2004
Under-21
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Under-21 Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months...
:- Winner (2): 2000, 2001
- Ulster Under-21 Football ChampionshipUlster Under-21 Football ChampionshipFor the Senior equivalent see: Ulster Senior Football ChampionshipThe Ulster Under-21 Football Championship known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury Ulster Under-21 Football Championship is a Gaelic football tournament for players under the age of 21, contested by the nine counties of Ulster in...
:- Winner (2): 2000, 2001
Minor
- All-Ireland Minor Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Minor Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland...
:- Winner (1): 1998
- Runner up: 1997
- Ulster Minor Football ChampionshipUlster Minor Football ChampionshipThe Ulster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council. The trophy for the winning side is The Liam Murray Cup. The competition began in 1930, with...
:- Winner (2): 1997, 1998
- Ulster Minor Football League:
- Winner (1): 1998
Club
- Dublin Senior Football Championship:
- Winner (1): 2002
- Tyrone Intermediate Football ChampionshipTyrone Intermediate Football ChampionshipThe Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the 16 Tyrone clubs competing in Division 2 of the Tyrone All-County Football league.The winners of the Tyrone Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster...
:- Winner (1): 1997
- Tyrone Minor Football Championship:
- Winner (2): 1996, 1997
School/college
- Nannery Cup (Ulster U-15½ football championship):
- Winner: Year?
- Sigerson CupSigerson CupThe Sigerson Cup is the top division of Higher Education Gaelic football in Ireland, It is administrated by the Higher Education committee which is part of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
:- Winner: 2000
- Ryan Cup:
- Winner: 1999
Individual
- All StarGAA All Stars AwardsThe All Stars Awards, currently sponsored by Vodafone, are given annually since 1971 by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the best player in each of the fifteen positions in Gaelic football and Hurling in Ireland. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as the player of the year...
:- Winner (1): 2003
- Nominated (runner up): ?
- All Stars Young Footballer of the Year - Winner (1): 2001
- Irish News Ulster GAA All-Star - Winner (2): 2001, 2003
- Ulster GAA Writers Association Personality of the Year: - 1998
- Ulster GAA Writers Association Footballer of the Year: - 2001
- Belfast Telegraph Personality of the Year: - 2001
Scór
- Trath na gCeist, Scór na nÓg Thír Eoghain (3): 1992, 1993, 1994
- All-Ireland Scór na nÓg Trath na gCeist: 1995
- Trath na gCeist, Scór Sinsear Thír Eoghain (3): 1999, 2001, 2003
External links
- The Cormac Trust
- Campa Chormaic
- Cormac McAnallen's GAC Australia
- Official Tyrone website
- UCD Remembers Cormac McAnallen
- RTE notice of death