Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Jimmy Feehan | |
Irish: | Séamus Ó Fiacháin |
Occupation: | Student |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Colleges: | University College Dublin |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Left corner-back |
Icyears: | 2015- |
Icapps(Points): | 2 (0-00) |
Icprovinced: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 185144, 1 August 2015 |
Birth Date: | 1995 |
Birth Place: | Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland |
James Feehan (born 16 August 1995) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a left corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]
Born in Killenaule, County Tipperary, Feehan first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at Rockwell College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut during the 2015 championship. Feehan immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
At club level Feehan plays with Killenaule.
On 31 July 2016, he started in the half-back line as Tipperary defeated Galway in the 2016 All-Ireland Quarter-finals at Croke Park to reach their first All-Ireland semi-final since 1935.[2] [3] On 21 August 2016, Tipperary were beaten in the semi-final by Mayo on a 2-13 to 0-14 scoreline.[4] [5] [6] [7]
On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster title in 85 years.[8] [9]