Seán Armstrong

Seán Armstrong
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Labhradha Tréan
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre Forward
Born (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986
Galway, Ireland
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, 2017– Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3
NFL 1

Seán Armstrong (born 20 March 1986) 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] he is also a teacher in St Mary's College

Honours

Salthill-Knocknacarra
Galway
Connacht

References

  1. ↑ "Seán Armstrong". gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.galwayindependent.com/sport/sport/armstrong-grabs-late-draw-in-dour-affair-20111019/
  3. ↑ "Galway's Sean Armstrong announces his retirement from inter-county football". rte. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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