{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2018}} {{infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player |image= | name=Denis Reidy | irish= Donnacha Ó Riada | birth_date= | birth_place =Limerick, Ireland | height=6ft 1in | county=Cork | occupation=Materials Scientist | code=Football | sport=Gaelic football | province=Munster | club= Gerald Griffin's GAA<br>Den Haag GAA<br>Leeside Lions<br>Ballybrown Hurling club | clcounty=1 | clprovince=1 | clyears= | counties=Limerick | icyears= pre 2001 | icapps(points)= | icprovince= | icposition= | icallireland= | nfl= | allstars= }}
'''Dr. Denis Reidy''' is a former Limerick GAA Gaelic footballer.
==Playing career==
===Gaelic Football=== The Gerald Griffins GAA clubman represented Limerick GAA at Senior, Under 21 and Junior championship level, winning a McGrath Cup medal in 2001. He played for the University College Cork team that won the Cork Senior Football Championship and Munster Senior Club Football Championship in 1999. He also won a University and Colleges Division 1 All-Ireland SF League winners medal in 1996.<ref name="denhaaggaa2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.denhaaggaa.com/index.php?page=mens-football-2007 |title=Den Haag GAA Club - Mens Players 2007/8 |publisher=Denhaaggaa.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>
===Hurling=== Reidy also played hurling for Ballybrown Hurling club that won the Limerick Under-21 Hurling Championship in 1992 and also represented University of Limerick that won the University and Colleges Division 1 All-Ireland SH League in 1991.<ref name="denhaaggaa2007"/>
===Australian Rules Football=== Reidy played full back for the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2001 Atlantic Alliance Cup and the 2002 Australian Football International Cup. He was one of Ireland's best on ground in the final against Papua New Guinea.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/23/1030052975335.html Match Report]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aussierulesinternational.com/home/tournaments/international-cup/2002/teamlists|title=2002 International Cup Team lists |url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314074309/http://www.aussierulesinternational.com/home/tournaments/international-cup/2002/teamlists|archivedate=14 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="denhaaggaa2007"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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