Colm Boyle
Colm Boyle is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Davitts and, formerly, the Mayo county team. He won four All Star Awards and played in four finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, losing them all and scoring an own goal in the third.
Playing career
Boyle won six Connacht Senior Football Championships and a National Football League title.He started at left half-back in three All-Ireland SFC finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost to Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost to Dublin. The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, his fourth, was the third final in which he started at left half-back and it was another loss to Dublin.
Before that he started in the centre in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final as Mayo lost again, though Dublin needed a replay on this occasion.
He missed the 2020 and 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final losses to Dublin and Tyrone respectively, due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and retired from inter-county football at the end of 2021.
Boyle made an appearance for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, scoring a total of one over.
Boyle attended St Colman's College, Claremorris. Ahead of the 2023 season, he was named coach and selector of the Mayo minor team ahead of the 2023 season.