Gary Cox is a 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 from County Roscommon

County Roscommon

County Roscommon is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the town of Roscommon. Roscommon 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,...

. He first came to prominence with the Roscommon

Roscommon GAA

For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...

 Junior team that won Connacht and All Ireland titles in 2000 along with future Senior stars like Karol Mannion

Karol Mannion

Karol Mannion is a Gaelic footballer from County Roscommon, Ireland. He first came to prominence with the Roscommon junior team that won Connacht and All Ireland titles in 2000. He was also part of the Roscommon team that won the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 2010. He plays his club...

 and Shane Curran

Shane Curran

Shane Curran is a former Soccer and Gaelic football goalkeeper from Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. He played Gaelic football with Roscommon, winning a Connacht Minor Football Championship medal in 1989, Junior in 2000 and Senior in 2001, he also won an All-Ireland Junior Football...

. The following year he was part of the Roscommon

Roscommon GAA

For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...

 side that won the Connacht Senior Football Championship

Connacht Senior Football Championship

The Bank of Ireland Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in July....

. He plays his club football with the St Faithleachs club. Aswell as representing his coutry in the 2003 International Rules Series in Austrailia, he has played for NUIG in the Sigerson Cup, and Connaught in the Railway Cup.