Seamus Quinn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Back | ||
| Born | County Leitrim, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
? - ? | Gortletteragh | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1993–2004 | Leitrim | 15 (2-05) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Seamus Quinn is a former Gaelic footballer from Gortletteragh, County Leitrim. Along with Mickey Quinn he is Leitrim's only All Star winner. Quinn won an All Star at full-back in 1994. This was in Leitrim's Connacht Senior Football Championship winning season; Quinn would go on to become the last remaining member of that team following the departure of Fergal Reynolds.[1][2]
In 2000, Brian McEniff selected him to represent Ireland against Australia, becoming the first Leitrim player to receive international recognition.[3]
After retirement from playing he managed the county's junior team to a Connacht Junior Football Championship title in 2017.
Honours
[edit]- 1 Connacht Senior Football Championship (1994)
- 1 All Star Award (1994)
- 1 International Rules Series (2000)
References
[edit]- ^ "Leitrim's Quinn reeling in years". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Quinn boost for Leitrim". Hogan Stand. 5 July 2003. Retrieved 5 July 2003.
- ^ "Quinn to retire?". Hogan Stand. 16 February 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2001.
External links
[edit]- S Quinn at gaainfo.com
- Gortletteragh at gaainfo.com
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