Seán Armstrong
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Seán Ó Labhradha Tréan | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Centre Forward | ||
Born |
Galway, Ireland | 20 March 1986||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Occupation | Teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2003- | Salthill-Knocknacarra | ||
Club titles | |||
Galway titles | 2 | ||
Connacht titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2005-2014 | Galway | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 2 |
Seán Armstrong (born 20 March 1986 in Galway) is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Galway. Armstrong plays his club football with Salthill-Knocknacarra and played inter-county football for Galway from 2005 to 2014 spending ten years as an inter-county footballer.[1]
Career
Seán was a key part of Galway's Under 21 All-Ireland triumph of 2005. He formed a devastating partnership with Michael Meehan in the final as they scored 6-03 between them in a 6-05 to 4-06 victory over Down to claim the title.[2]
When Armstrong was attending University of Limerick he played the 2010-11 All-Ireland League rugby season for Shannon.
Armstrong announced his retirement from the inter-county scene on 17 December 2014 at the age of 28 citing a loss of his love of the game.[3]
Honours
- Salthill-Knocknacarra
- Galway Senior Football Championship (2): 2005, 2012
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2005
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2006
- Galway
- Connacht Minor Football Championship (2): 2003, 2004
- Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2005
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2005
- Connacht Senior Football Championship (2): 2005, 2008
- Connacht
- Railway Cup (1): 2014
References
- ↑ "Seán Armstrong". gaainfo.com. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ http://www.galwayindependent.com/sport/sport/armstrong-grabs-late-draw-in-dour-affair-20111019/
- ↑ "Galway's Sean Armstrong announces his retirement from inter-county football". rte. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.