Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Paddy Meegan | |
Irish: | Pádraig Ó Miagáin |
Occupation: | Farmer |
County: | Meath |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Syddan |
Clcounty: | 3 |
Counties: | Meath |
Icposition: | Right corner-forward |
Icyears: | 1942-1954 |
Icapps(Points): | 50 |
Icprovince: | 5 |
Icallireland: | 2 |
Nfl: | 2 |
Icupdate: | 14:04, 17 November 2012 |
Birth Date: | 1922 |
Birth Place: | Syddan, County Meath, Ireland |
Death Date: | 14 November 2012 (aged 90) |
Death Place: | Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland |
Patrick Meegan (1922 – 14 November 2012) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Meath county team.[1]
Meegan made his first appearance for the team during the 1942 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1954 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and two National Football League medals. Meegan was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Meegan was a three-time county championship medalist with Syddan.