Seán Óg Flood
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Óg Ó Maoltuile | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
1935 Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | ESB salesman | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Dundalk Young Irelands Ballinagh | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Louth titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1955–1960 1961–1964 |
Louth Cavan | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Seán Óg Flood (born 1935) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship careers as a goalkeeper with the senior Louth and Cavan county teams lasted ten seasons from 1955 until 1964.[1]
A son of Séamus Flood, renowned Louth GAA official and former county goalkeeper,[2] Seán was born in Dundalk, County Louth. He first played competitive Gaelic football with the Dundalk Young Irelands club at minor level. He won a North Louth minor championship medal in 1950, before joining the senior team in 1953.
Flood first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Louth Minor team in 1953. He won a Leinster medal that year[3] before being added to the senior panel in 1955. Flood made his league debut in 1956 and was handed his first championship start in 1957. His debut championship season saw him win a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals. After transferring to the Cavan senior team in 1961, Flood went on to win an Ulster and Dr. McKenna Cup medals. He retired from inter-county Gaelic football in 1964.[4]
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team, Flood won a Railway Cup medal in 1959.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Dundalk Young Irelands
- North Louth Minor Football League (1): 1949
- North Louth Minor Football Championship (1): 1950
- Old Gaels Cup (1): 1957
- Louth
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1957
- Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 1957
- Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1953
- Cavan
- Ulster Senior Football Championship (1): 1962
- Dr McKenna Cup (1): 1962
- Ulster Junior Football Championship (1): 1962
- Leinster
- Railway Cup (1): 1959
References
[edit]- ^ "Seán Óg Flood". Hogan Stand. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Seamus was father figure of GAA in town". The Argus. 28 April 2010.
- ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Latton presentation to Sean Og Flood". Hogan Stand. 18 April 2018.
- ^ "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games - Full GAA records From 1887 To 2021 Inclusive, p.244" (PDF). GAA. 2021.