John Joe O'Hagan explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
John Joseph O'Hagan
Irish:Seán Seosamh Ó hÁgáin
Birth Date:1930
Death Date:2 November 2021 (aged 91)
Nickname:John Joe O'Hagan
County:Tyrone
Province:Ulster
Club:Clonoe O'Rahilly's
Clcounty:5
Counties:Tyrone
Icposition:Left wing-back
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:0
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Coalisland,
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Ulster
Death Place:Portadown,
County Armagh, Northern Ireland, Ulster

John Joseph O'Hagan (1930 – 2 November 2021) was a Gaelic football player and manager from Northern Ireland who played for club side Clonoe O'Rahilly's and at inter-county level with the Tyrone senior football team.

Career

Born in Coalisland, O'Hagan was a Gaelic footballer with nearby Clonoe O'Rahilly's GAC, with whom he won five Tyrone Senior Football Championship medals. A member of the Tyrone minor team that won the county’s first ever All-Ireland title in 1947, he helped the team to win another at this level in 1948. O'Hagan went on to share in the county’s breakthrough Ulster Championship senior wins in 1956 and 1957.[1] When he retired from playing, he took up coaching and guided the Eglish St Patrick's club to the Tyrone Senior Championship title in 1970.[2]

Personal life and death

His son, Damien O'Hagan, played at minor, under-21 and senior level for Tyrone, winning three Ulster senior medals and an All-Star award in 1986.[3]

O'Hagan died at the Craigavon Area Hospital on 2 November 2021.[4]

Honours

Clonoe O'Rahilly's

1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965

Tyrone

1956, 1957

1947, 1948

1947, 1948

Notes and References

  1. News: Tributes flow after death of Tyrone great John Joe O'Hagan. Hogan Stand. 4 November 2021. 4 November 2021.
  2. News: Tyrone in mourning after death of legend John Joe O’Hagan. Belfast Telegraph. 4 November 2021. 4 November 2021.
  3. News: The Hitchhikers' Guide to the GAAlaxy... Tyrone's Damian O'Hagan on a lifetime in Gaelic Games. The Irish News. 28 August 2021. 4 November 2021.
  4. News: Tributes paid to Tyrone great John Joe O’Hagan. Gaelic Life. 4 November 2021. 4 November 2021.