Johnny Mooney

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Johnny Mooney
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Maonaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-forward/midfield
Born (1958-12-21) 21 December 1958 (age 66)
Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Telecoms engineer
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Rhode
Raheen
Shannon Rangers
San Francisco
John Mitchells Birmingham
Donegal
New York
Laune Rangers
Club titles
Offaly titles 2 offaly chmps.1 new york.2 warickshire.
Leinster titles 2 railway cup1985.86.
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1976-1992
 Offaly 28 (3-24)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3 senior.2 u 21.
All-Irelands 1
NFL 2 div 2titles
All Stars 0
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:10, 30 December 2016.

Johnny Mooney (21 Dec 1958) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Offaly senior team spanned eighteen seasons from 1976 to 1992.[ citation needed ]

Mooney made his senior debut for Offaly during the 1976 championship becoming the youngest player ever to play for the county.[ citation needed ]

Over the course of the next eighteen seasons he won one All-Ireland medal in 1982. [1] Mooney also won three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals. He played his last game for Offaly in November 1992.[ citation needed ]

During his Offaly career he also won two Leinster U21 medals. He also played on three winning "Rest of Ireland" vs Kerry games. He also played against Kerry for the San Francisco Allstars in 1981 in Balboa Stadium. He was a player-manager for Warwickshire GAA when they won the British Championship in the early nineties. He also trained and played hurling with John Mitchel's Hurling Club Birminghman and played hurling for Warickshire.[ citation needed ]

Bono famously wore Johnny’s Offaly jersey during a concert in Germany back In 1983.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Offaly

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References

  1. ↑ "Offaly's famous win of 25 years ago". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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