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Gay Sheerin (born 1955/1956) [1] is a former Gaelic footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper for the St Ronan's club and at senior level for the Roscommon county team. [1]
Sheerin played in a half-back position as an under-16 player until he was assigned as a goalkeeper. [1] His club, St Ronan's, kept him as a goalkeeper due to his success. [1] Afterwards, he was called into the county minor team, and there he was assigned permanently as a goalkeeper. [1] A year later, he won the battle with his club and was assigned to be an outfielder with them. However, this was only temporary, as he was reassigned to his former position of goalkeeper at inter-county level again. [1]
Sheerin got into the senior inter-county team in the spring of 1977 for the National League. [1] Roscommon won the Connacht Senior Football Championship (SFC) later in 1977 and, by then, Sheerin was removed from his position as a goalkeeper, and replaced with first choice keeper Gerry O'Dowd. [1] However, Sheerin earned the Number One Jersey by 1978, and he received his first of five Connacht SFC medals that same year. [1] Afterwards, Roscommon faced off against Kerry, which did not have a favorable conclusion. [1] Sheerin was dropped from the county team in 1979, and replaced with John McDermott of Roscommon Gaels, as they secured a third Connacht title on the trot, only to lose a third consecutive All-Ireland semi-final, narrowly to Dublin. [1] Afterwards, in May 1980, a challenge match against Cavan was held to open the Cloone pitch. After this, Sheerin was assigned to his former position again, and he was a goalkeeper for the 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [1]
He returned in 1985 after a leave he took to build his house. In 1985, 1988, and 1989, Roscommon lost three Connacht SFC finals to Mayo, each in Dr Hyde Park. [1] However, Sheerin rated the 1986 Connacht final loss to the Galway as the worst one of all. [1] Afterwards, in the early 1990s, Roscommon won two Connacht titles one after the other, defeating Galway in 1990 and Mayo in 1991 with the help of a replay. [1] However, Cork and Meath both defeated them in the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals of the respective years, [1] with the loss to Meath being by a single point. [2] By 1992, Sheerin was 36 years of age, [1] and he and Tony McManus were the only players left from the 1980 All-Ireland SFC final team by 1990. [1]
Sheerin would go on to manage Roscommon. He was appointed before the league in 1997. [3] Under his management, Roscommon managed to advance to a Connacht final in 2001, in which they lost to Galway, with Galway winning with the help of a replay. After this, Galway advanced onward and won the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title. Sheerin later quit the job in 2000 after three seasons due to Leitrim defeating Roscommon in the Connacht SFC semi-final. [4] He was later assigned as a selector for Roscommon. [5] However, in February 2017, he disagreed with the Roscommon manager at the time, Kevin McStay, over players from the Mayo county football team being on the Roscommon team. [6] This decision by the manager, however, would prove to be beneficial, as Roscommon later won the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship. [7]
By August 1978, Sheerin had barely started an apprenticeship before returning to football. [1] He left the inter-county game in 1983 so that he could build his house. [1] His trade was plastering, but he also worked as a Lakeland Dairies sales representative. [1]
Sheerin's inspirations include Brian McAlinden of Armagh, Paddy Linden Monaghan, and Martin Furlong of Offaly. [1] He is married and has two children. [1]
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