Eamonn Callaghan

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Éamonn Callaghan
Personal information
Irish name Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left half-forward
Born Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nickname Leper [1] [2]
Club(s)
YearsClub
Naas
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Kildare
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

Eamonn Callaghan is a former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Kildare county team. [3] He captained his county. [1]

In 2011, Callaghan was part of the Ireland team that won the 2011 International Rules Series against Australia by 130 to 65. [4] [5]

Alongside Kildare veteran Eoin Doyle as manager, Callaghan won a Kildare SFC with Naas (its first for more than three decades) in 2021 and the club then advanced to the Leinster Club SFC final. [1] In August 2022, he joined the Carlow senior football team as a performance coach under the management of Niall Carew. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Boyle, Donnchadh (22 August 2022). "Former Kildare skipper Eamonn Callaghan joins Carlow senior football backroom team". Irish Independent.
  2. "Carlow role for Callaghan". Hogan Stand. 23 August 2022. Affectionately known as 'Leper', the Naas man has been brought on board as a performance coach by manager Niall Carew, who served as a Kildare selector when Callaghan was in his prime.
  3. "Dublin make a late point". The Irish Times. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  4. "Australia 29-50 Ireland - As It Happened". RT. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
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