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Mary Kelleher
Long time senior County Cork player with honours including All-Ireland Junior Championship. Joined Shamrocks late in the 2000 season, scoring 2 points from the back line. Valuable contributor to team coaching. Queensland captain at the 2000 Australasian Gaelic Games, and named in the Australasian team at wing-back. Played a handful of games in 2001 and scored 2 points before returning home. Mary come out from Ireland on holiday in 2003 and played one game.

Renee Kelly
Shamrocks seventh-leading scorer in 1999 with 3 goals 1 point as a 12-year-old. Transferred to Souths in 2000.

Anthony Lagan

Senior debut for Shamrocks in 2001. From the Fr Rocks club in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was a teammate of former Shamrocks championship players Stephen and Eoin Mulligan. More familiar to teammates as "Stigsy". Played for Queensland against the touring Connaught schools all-star team. Scored 4 points in the winning 2001 Brisbane Shield final, and the Shamrocks leading-scorer for the season. Won the 2000 New South Wales championship with Penrith Gaels. Represented Queensland at the 2001 Australasian Games in Melbourne, scoring the point against Western Australia that ultimately secured Queensland's first semi final berth since 1998.

Gregory John Layton
D.O.B: 17/04/80
Sporting Achievement: TAS Swimming Vice Captain St Laurence's College, Qld Minor Gaelic Football team, 1998 Australasian Champions.
Occupation: Student, studying Bachelor of Business Management (Marketing), University of Queensland. Debuted in 1998, played limited games in 1999, but they included both the winning Brisbane Shield and Championship finals for the reserves. Played a handful of games in 2000.

Sean Loughlin

From Co. West Meath, Ireland, registered and spent the 2001 pre-season with Shamrocks but returned home before the first game.

Trevor Lynch

From the Mitchelstown, County Cork, where he plays with the Mitchelstown club in football and Ballygibblin for hurling. Won an All Ireland University freshers hurling medal with UCC in 1993 and an All Ireland Colleges Senior handball medal in 1995, and runners-up in 1996. Won a county junior hurling medal in 1993. His brother Diarmuid currently plays for the Cork intermediates hurling and football. Joined Shamrocks in 2001 and appointed assistant senior coach upon the departure of Alan Colleran. Scored 5 points in the winning 2001 Brisbane Shield final. Finished the season as Shamrocks' third-leading scorer.

Sean Patrick McAlinden
Home Town: Lurgan, Co.Armagh
Previous Team: Derrytrasma Sarsfields, Co.Armagh
Sporting Highlights: Won Armagh Senior Football Championship, won Reserves Championship (Played with Shamrocks in 1999. Member of the Brisbane Shield winning Shamrocks senior team. Scored 1 goal 2 points from wing back in an injury interrupted season. Represented Queensland at the Australasian Games in Perth. Received media coverage in the Belfast Telegraph. Another of "Durack's favourite sons".)

From the Gaeil Colmcille club in Kells, County Meath, and Saint Pauls club in Belfast. A former County Meath under 21 captain. Reached the Co Antrim championship finals in 1999-2000, and before that has won a Co Meath club championship and reached the championship final in Boston in the United States. Debuted for Shamrocks in 2001 with a club-record 4 individual goals before leaving the pitch injured midway through the second half, in a rematch of the 2000 championship final. Finished the season as Shamrocks' second-leading scorer. Queensland seniors runner-up Best & Fairest, and Shamrocks seniors Most Consistent award-winner in 2001. Represented Queensland at the 2001 Australasian Games in Melbourne, scoring a goal in the semi final against eventual champions Victoria. Selected in the Australasian All-star team.

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Patricia McGirl-Duell

Catherine Mollard - Cath
Hometown: Brisbane
Teams: Shamrocks 1998, 1999. (Had lectures on Wednesday nights in 2000 so didn't play.)

Jody Moore
Played in 1999.

From the Currogha club in County Meath. Only played one match in 2001, when he was one of the best afield as he scored one point in Shamrocks' opening game of the season. Cousin of Shamrocks team mate Glen Carpenter.

Eoin Mulligan
From the Fr Rocks club in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. Debuted for Shamrocks only weeks after winning the All-Ireland Under 21 Championship with Co. Tyrone. Set Shamrocks records for highest score in a game (stood for three years), most points in a game (stood for two years), and most goals in a game (stood for one year). Scored a hat-trick of goals in a game - remarkably in the same match as older brother Stephen Mulligan. Finished as Shamrocks third-leading scorer with 7 goals 29 points in limited appearances. Scored 2-5 on debut, then 3-6 in his second match. Key member of the Shamrocks' 2000 Championship-winning team.

Stephen Mulligan
From the Fr Rocks club in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. Set Shamrocks records for highest score in a season, most goals in a season, and once held most goals in a game. Scored two hat-tricks of goals. Played the full 2000 season and finished as Shamrocks leading scorer with 13 goals 24 points. Played for Queensland in 2000 against the touring Allied Irish Bank Club that included a string of Inter-county stars. Assisted as mens team coach, contributing significantly to Shamrocks winning the 2000 Senior Queensland Championship. 

Spent just two weeks with Shamrocks to start the 2001 season, debuting with 1 point in the reserves, and the match-clinching goal in the seniors. Queensland long-puck champion from the 2001 sports day, and marched for Shamrocks in the St Patrick's Day Parade. From the Butlerstown GAA club in Waterford, Ireland. Broke his ankle playing hurling just weeks after returning to Ireland.

Mary O'Sullivan
From Kilcummin, Killarney, Co.Kerry. Member of the Shamrocks Ladies team winning the Brisbane Shield, GAA Trophy and League treble. Scored 2 points for Shamrocks after a full season, her first of Gaelic football. Received media coverage in the Kerry's Eye newspaper.

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