| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | Laois, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| ? | Jamestown | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Leinster titles | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1940's | Laois | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Andy Whelan was a footballer from County Laois.
He was a native of the Kildare border village of Jamestown, near Ballybrittas.
He played as goalkeeper when Laois won the Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Kildare in 1946.
Laois didn't win the Leinster Senior Football Championship again until 2003 when Mick O'Dwyer led them to victory and another Ballybrittas native, Fergal Byron was goalkeeper.
References
- "Leinster Senior Football Finalists". Leinster GAA (2000). Retrieved on 26 February 2019.
Further reading
- Laois GAA Yearbook Leinster Express, 1999
- Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000 Tom Ryall, 2000
- Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games Raymond Smith, 1999
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