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Irish Gaelic football player For the Barbadian cricketer, see Sean Armstrong (cricketer).

Seán Armstrong
Seán Armstrong in 2016
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Labhradha Tréan
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre forward
Born (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 38)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2003–2021 Salthill-Knocknacarra
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Connacht titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2005–2014; 2017–2018 Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3
NFL 1

Seán Armstrong (born 20 March 1986) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Galway. Armstrong played his club football with Salthill-Knocknacarra and inter-county football for Galway from 2005 to 2014 spending ten years as an inter-county footballer.

Career

Seán was a key part of Galway's Under 21 All-Ireland triumph of 2005. He formed a devastating partnership with Michael Meehan in the final as they scored 6-03 between them in a 6–05 to 4–06 victory over Down to claim the title.

Armstrong announced his retirement from the inter-county scene on 17 December 2014 at the age of 28 citing a loss of his love of the game. he is also a teacher in St Mary's College

Honours

Salthill-Knocknacarra
Galway
Connacht

References

  1. "Seán Armstrong". gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. "Galway Independent - Sport". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. "Galway's Sean Armstrong announces his retirement from inter-county football". rte. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

External links

Salthill-Knocknacarra – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions (1st title)
Sub used
24 A. Callanan for Boylan
18 D. Burke for Kerins
20 PJ Kelly for Callanan
22 F. McCann for Crowe
17 A. McDermott for Geraghty
Sub not used
16 B. Fitzpatrick
19 D. Gilmartin
21 G. Begley
23 T. Burke
Manager
E. O'Donnellan
Galway – 2005 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (3rd win)
Subs used
17 J. Murphy for Mullahy
22 A. Glynn for Coyne
Subs used
16 B. Donnellan
18 C. Duffy
19 R. McTiernan
20 A. Geraghty
21 C. de Paor
23 E. Joyce
24 M. Feeney
Manager
P. Ford
Selectors
S. Joyce
T. McManus
Galway – 2006 National Football League runners-up
Subs used
P. Geraghty for Armstrong
B. Cullinane for Savage
F. Hanley for D. Burke
Manager
P. Ford
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