Joe McMahon explained

Joe McMahon
Height:1.920NaN0
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Tyrone
Province:Ulster
Clposition:Midfield, Full Back, Half Forward
Club:Omagh St Enda's
Clyears:2001–
Clubs:Omagh St Enda's
Counties:Tyrone
Icposition:Full Back/Full Forward
Icyears:2004–2017
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:2
Birth Date:1983 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Omagh, Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Joe McMahon is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Omagh St Enda's club and for the Tyrone county team.

His younger brother, Justin was the captain of the Tyrone under-21 team that won the 2006 Ulster Championship.

Playing career

Joe McMahon was part of the Omagh CBS MacRory Cup team that shared the title in 2001 (the scheduled replay was abandoned, due to restrictions of crowd gatherings amid a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak), and reached the final in 2002.[1] [2]

A two-time All-Ireland-winner, McMahon started the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, but had to be replaced because of injury, making him the first Omagh man to win an All-Ireland.[3] He also started the 2008 final at number 12 but played most of the game alongside his brother in the back line helping to hold Kerry's "Twin Towers" of Donaghy and Walsh to 1 point.

2008 was a career-defining year for McMahon, being switched between the forwards and the backs on the Tyrone side throughout most of the season. In the quarter-final, while being one of a number of Tyrone players sporting a beard for the occasion, he scored a crucial goal against Dublin.

In October 2005, barely a month after his All-Ireland win, McMahon was part of the Omagh St Enda's team that reached the Tyrone Championship Final.

Post-playing

In 2018, McMahon joined the TTM Radio commentary team as match analyst.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20031223194314/http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.com/app/DisplayEvent.asp?SectionID=6&ArticleID=1654 OMAGH CBS TO MEET ST MICHAEL'S AGAIN...
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20030825083636/http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.com/app/DisplayEvent.asp?SectionID=6&ArticleID=1653 OMAGH CBS TITLE HOPES DASHED BY SLICK ST MICHAEL'S
  3. Web site: Joe Cool bubbling over with ambition . 2006 . Irish News . https://web.archive.org/web/20060318030938/http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html . 18 March 2006 . 22 July 2012.