Seamus Aldridge

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Seamus Aldridge
Personal information
Born1935 (age 86–87)
Years active1952–present
Employer GAA
Sport
Sport Gaelic football
Position Referee
Club Round Towers

Seamus Aldrdge (born 1935) [1] is a Gaelic games administrator, Gaelic football referee and former player. He is a member of the Round Towers club in County Kildare.

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Career

Aldridge played for the Kildare minor football team. [1] He played until the age of 29. [1] He refereed his first match in 1958. [1]

He began refereeing in 1963 after his playing career had concluded. He allowed Dublin player Éamonn Breslin's header into the goal at the Canal End of Croke Park twenty minutes into a National League game against Laois in 1964; this was the first header scored at Croker. [2]

He referred the famous 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final when Mikey Sheehy lobbed the goalie. [3] Death threats followed. [1] He has also refereed in hurling. [1]

Aldridge first became involved in administration in 1952. [1] He served in various roles: secretary and chairman of Kildare's Referees Committee; secretary (1975–2000) and treasurer (1976–2000) of the Kildare County Board. [1] Aldridge spent 20 years as a delegate to the Leinster Council. [1] He became vice chairman (1996–1999) and chairman (1999–2001) of the Leinster Council. [1] [4] He oversaw the managerial appointments of Mick O'Dwyer and Dermot Earley Snr, and then the reappointment of O'Dwyer in advance of the county's appearance in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [1] Central Council: GAA Management vice-president (1999–2001). [1]

He ran for the position of President of the Gaelic Athletic Association, finishing as runner-up to Seán Kelly. [1] He was later appointed President of Kildare County Board. [1] Aldrigde was President of Kildare GAA during the 2018 over the Mayo fixture in Newbridge. [5] the Newbridge or Nowhere". [6] [7]

Personal life

Aldridge attended De La Salle and St Joseph's Academy (both in the town of Kildare) for his primary and secondary education respectively. [1] Tom Keogh, an uncle of his, played for the Kildare county team that won the 1927 and 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles, before he played for Laois. [1]

Aldridge is Secretary of Athy Golf Club and Athy Rugby Club and a member of the Fine Gael political party. [1]

Honours

Round Towers
Kildare

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Crampsie, Arlene (10 March 2011). "Seamus Aldridge". Oral History.
  2. ↑ Creedon, Seán (21 February 2021). "Obituary: Eamonn Breslin". Sunday Independent.
  3. ↑ "Mikey Sheehy-Lob Vs Dublin 1978 All Ireland Final". RTE. 7 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "Leinster Council Chairmen" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Fogarty, John (27 June 2018). "Kildare GAA president: 'We're penalised because Croke Park couldn't do their business properly". Irish Examiner .
  6. ↑ "Newbridge or Nowhere saga represented 'a feeling within the grassroots of the GAA' says former Kildare manager Cian O'Neill". RTÉ. 1 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Verney, Michael (11 June 2022). "'Newbridge or Nowhere' revisited as Kildare dare to shock Mayo once more". Irish Independent.
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