Sean Leo McGoldrick

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Personal information
Irish name Seán Leon Mac Gualraic
Sport Gaelic football
Football Position: Left half back
Hurling Position: Left half forward
Born 1987 (age 36–37)
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nickname Sleo
Club(s)
YearsClub
2004–
 Eoghan Rua
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Derry titles 18 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2007–2008
2008–2018
 Derry (H)
Derry (F)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Sean Leo McGoldrick is a dual player of Gaelic games who played Gaelic football for the Derry county team, with whom he won a National League title. As a dual player, he played hurling for Derry.

Contents

McGoldrick plays club football and hurling for Eoghan Rua. In football, he could play as a forward or in the half-back line. He played as a forward in hurling.

Personal life

McGoldrick went to school at Loreto College in Coleraine. [1] His father Sean played for Antrim. [2] His brother Barry has also played football and hurling for Derry. His sisters play camogie for Derry. His sister Grainne was nominated for Camogie All Stars in both 2006 [2] and 2008. [3]

Football career

Club

McGoldrick was instrumental in the Eoghan Rua side that won both the 2006 Derry Intermediate and Ulster Intermediate Championships, before losing out in the 2007 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship final to Ardfert of Kerry.

Inter-county

McGoldrick was part of the Derry Under-21 team that finished runners-up in both the 2006 [4] and 2008 [5] Ulster Under-21 Football Championship finals to Tyrone and Down respectively.

He was part of the Derry Senior panel that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.

McGoldrick and Derry also reached the National League final in 2009, but were defeated by Kerry. [6] In that campaign he mostly played at left half back, as opposed to his usual role in the forward line.

McGoldrick retired from inter-county football in 2016 but manager Damian McErlain convinced him to return for the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship encounter with Donegal; McGoldrick retired again in October 2018. [7] [8]

School/college

McGoldrick also plays for Queen's University Belfast since 200x. The university finished runners-up to Donegal in the 2009 Dr. McKenna Cup.

Hurling career

Club

McGoldrick won both the Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship and Derry Junior Hurling Championship with Eoghan Rua in 2006.

Inter-county

McGoldrick won back-to-back Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship medals with the Derry Under 21 team in 2007 [9] and 2008. [10]

He played for Derry Senior hurlers between 2007 and 2008. He was named Derry Senior Hurler of the Year for 2007. [11]

School/college

McGoldrick won an Ulster Colleges Hurling All Star in 2005–06. [1]

Honours

County

Club

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References

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  2. 1 2 Campbell, John (10 January 2007). "McGoldrick playing with heart of a lion". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Adams in contention for award". The Irish News . 17 October 2008. p. 53. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
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  6. ↑ Heaney, Paddy (1 May 2009). "No substitute to winning for the Kingdom". The Irish News . p. 62.
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  8. ↑ "Derry duo retire while speculation grows over Lynch". The Irish News . 18 October 2018.
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