Aonghus Callanan

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Aonghus Callanan
Personal information
Position Right Half Forward
Born 1985 (age 3738)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2002–
2004–2016
Liam Mellows (hurling)
Salthill-Knocknacarra (football)
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Galway titles 2 1
Leinster titles 1 0
All-Ireland titles 1 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
Limerick IT
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2005–2013
Galway ? (2-15)
Inter-county titles
 FootballHurling
League titles 1

Aonghus Callanan (born 1985) is an Irish sportsman. He played for the Galway senior hurlers from 2005 to 2013. He plays club hurling with Liam Mellows and his gaelic football with Salthill-Knocknacarra.

Callanan plays his club hurling with his local Liam Mellows club in Galway. He has had some success at underage level including a Minor A Championship and the club won a senior county championship in 2017. [1] Callanan plays his club football with his local Salthill-Knocknacarra club in Galway. He has success at all grades in underage level and won an All Ireland Club Title in 2006.

Callanan left the Galway panel in 2012 to travel Australia but returned to the panel for the 2013 season.

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References

  1. "Galway Independent - Sport". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2011.