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Ciarán Sheehan

For the actor, see Ciarán Sheehan (actor).

Ciarán Sheehan (born 19 November 1990 in Farran, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsman. Sheehan played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Éire Óg, his divisional side Muskerry, and was a member of the Cork senior football team from 2010 until 2013.[1] He signed a two-year contract to play Australian rules football with the Carlton Football Club in 2013, later returning to Ireland.

Ciarán Sheehan
Personal information
Irish name Ciarán Ó Síocháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Forward
Born (1990-11-19) 19 November 1990 (age 33)
Farran, Cork
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
2007–2013
2019–present
 Éire Óg
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2010–2013
2020–2021
 Cork 11 (0–16)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 00:46, 5 July 2011.

Early and personal life edit

Born in Farran, County Cork, Sheehan was educated at Scoil Naomh Mhuire Fearann in the village before later attending Coachford Community College for 3 years and then Coláiste Choilm in nearby Ballincollig. Here he played on the school football team, winning Cork colleges and Munster honours in all grades. Sheehan later attended Cork Institute of Technology, where he studied services engineering.[2] As of 2022, Sheehan was working for a renewable energy research company in Cork.[3]

Playing career edit

Club edit

Sheehan has played his club hurling and football with the Éire Óg club. After progressing through various juvenile grades, he played as a dual player for the club in the minor grades. In 2006, he won a Cork Minor A Football Championship with the club, following a victory over Mitchelstown GAA.

Two years later, Sheehan added a Cork Minor A Hurling Championship medal to his collection after defeating Erin's Own in the final.

By 2008, Sheehan had become a key forward on the Éire Óg's junior football team.[citation needed] He won a Mid Cork title that year following a one-goal victory over Dripsey. Sheehan's side later claimed the Cork Junior Football Championship following a 1–8 to 1–5 defeat of Ballygarvan.[4]

In 2019, he won a Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship after his return from Australia.

Minor, Under-21 and Junior edit

Sheehan first played for Cork with the county's minor football team in 2007. That year he won a Munster Minor Football Championship title following a 1–16 to 2–8 defeat of Kerry.[5]

By 2008, Sheehan had made it onto the Cork minor hurling team. He added a Munster Minor Hurling Championship title to his collection following a one-point defeat of Tipperary.[6]

Sheehan subsequently joined the Cork under-21 panels in both codes. In 2009, he won a Munster Under-21 Football Championship title following a 1–9 to 2–5 defeat of Tipperary.[7] Cork later played Down in an All-Ireland final. It took a late goal from Colm O'Driscoll to secure a 1–13 to 2–9 victory for Cork and an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship medal for Sheehan.[8]

In 2009, Sheehan won a Munster Junior Football Championship title, following a 1–21 to 0–13 defeat of Clare.[9] Sheehan, however, did not play any part in Cork's subsequent All-Ireland Junior Football Championship victory.

After a quiet season in 2010, Sheehan secured a second Munster under-21 football title in 2011 following a 2–24 to 0–8 win over Kerry. Cork were subsequently installed as the favourites to take the All-Ireland title once again, however, Sheehan's side were defeated by Galway.

Senior edit

Sheehan made his senior debut for Cork when he came on as a substitute against Dublin in a National League game in 2010. By the end of the campaign he had established himself at full-forward and went on to win a National League title with a 1–17 to 0–12 defeat of Mayo in the final.[10] Sheehan later made his championship debut in a drawn Munster semi-final with Kerry. Cork lost the replay but qualified for the All-Ireland final via the qualifiers. Down provided the opposition and a tight game developed on a wet day. Sheehan chipped in with a point as Cork won by 0–16 to 0–15.[11] It was Sheehan's first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winners' medal and Cork's first championship title in twenty years.

In 2011, Cork retained their status as National League champions following a 0–21 to 2–14 defeat of Dublin in the final.[12] It was Sheehan's second winners' medal in that competition. He later lined out in his first Munster final, however, Kerry retained their provincial title with a 1–15 to 1–12 victory.[13] Sheehan's season came to an end in that game as he tore his cruciate ligament early in the second half.[14]

International rules edit

He played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series.[15][16] Sheehan was awarded the Player of the Series title for his efforts in the Irish record victory.[17]

Ciarán Sheehan
Personal information
Full name Ciarán Sheehan
Draft 60 (2013 AFL Rookie Draft)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014–2017 Carlton 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Move to AFL edit

In November 2013, Sheehan signed to play Australian rules football for professional Australian Football League club Carlton, on a two-year contract from January 2014.[18] Sheehan had previously trialed with Carlton during 2009 without signing a contract, but re-opened discussions with the club following the 2013 International Rules series.[19] Sheehan joined fellow Gaelic footballers Zach Tuohy of Laois and Ciarán Byrne of Louth, both at Carlton.[18] After playing for Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Blues, for much of his first season, Sheehan made his senior debut for Carlton on 9 August 2014 against Gold Coast.[19] He played the last four games of the 2014 season and won the award as Carlton's best first year player for the season.[20] However, recurring hamstring injuries hampered the rest of his career, and he managed only two more senior games over the next three years before being delisted at the end of 2017.[21]

Return to Ireland edit

Sheehan returned to Ireland and the Cork senior football team in 2020. He retired from inter-county football in 2021.[22] As of 2021, he was still playing club football with Éire Óg,[3] though he was playing hurling with Russell Rovers as of 2023.[23] He was named a selector for Cork's U20 football team in 2022.[24]

Statistics edit

Statistics are correct to round 19 of the 2017 season[25]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014 Carlton 47 4 0 1 33 17 50 9 6 0.0 0.3 8.3 4.3 12.5 2.3 1.5
2015 Carlton 47 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2016 Carlton 21 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2017

Carlton

21 2 0 0 11 8 19 5 2 0.0 0.0 5.5 4.0 9.5 2.5 1.0
Career 6 0 1 44 25 69 14 8 0.0 0.2 7.3 4.2 11.5 2.3 1.3

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Player profile: Ciarán Sheehan". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Sheehan focused on final as AFL chance drops to the bench". Irish Examiner. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Ciarán Sheehan: Cork football still in search of its identity". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Muskerry Junior Football – 2008". Cork GAA Results website. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Munster Minor Football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Munster Minor Hurling". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Munster Under-21 Football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Brave Rebels refuse to buckle". Irish Examiner. 4 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Munster Junior Football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  10. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Cork 1–17 Mayo 0–12". RTÉ Sport. 25 April 2010. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  11. ^ "As it Happened – Cork 0–16 Down 0–15". RTÉ Sport. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  12. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Cork 0–21 Dublin 2–14". RTÉ Sport. 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  13. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Kerry 1–15 Cork 1–12". RTÉ Sport. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  14. ^ "Sheehan suffers torn cruciate". Irish Times. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  15. ^ "Ireland 57–35 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  16. ^ "Ireland 116–37 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  17. ^ Murphy available for Oz mission
  18. ^ a b "Fresh blow for Cork football as Ciaran Sheehan signs two-year deal with AFL club Carlton Blues". Irish Independent. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  19. ^ a b Jesse Hogan (6 August 2014). "Irish recruit to make Carlton debut". The Courier. Ballarat, VIC.
  20. ^ Loretta Johns (17 September 2014). "Gibbs wins 2014 John Nicholls Medal". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  21. ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (20 October 2017). "Blues chop trio, including three-club veteran". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Knee problems force Ciarán Sheehan to retire from inter-county football". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Ciarán Sheehan switches from Éire Óg to Russell Rovers for hurling". echolive.ie. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Former Cork footballer Ciarán Sheehan will play his hurling with premier junior side Russell Rovers [..] The transfer only relates to hurling
  24. ^ "Ciarán Sheehan appointed as Cork U20 football selector". echolive.ie. The Echo. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Ciarán Sheehan Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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