Séamus McGuinness explained

Séamus McGuinness should not be confused with Jim McGuinness.

Séamus McGuinness
Nickname:Jim
Birth Date:1930
Birth Place:Rush, County Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:6 January 2008 (aged 77)
Death Place:Rush, County Dublin, Ireland
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster
Club:St Maur's
Clyears:1946–1960
Clcounty:0
Counties:Dublin
Icyears:1950–1958
Icposition:Midfield
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:0
Nfl:1
Icupdate:13:30, 10 April 2017

Séamus "Jim" McGuinness (1930 – 6 January 2008) was an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Dublin county team spanned eight seasons from 1950 to 1958.[1] [2] [3]

McGuinness made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he was selected for the Dublin junior team. He played one championship season with the junior team, culminating with the winning of a Leinster medal in 1949. McGuinness subsequently joined the Dublin senior team during the 1950–51 league. During his career he won one Leinster medal and one National Football League medal. He retired from inter-county football due to injury in 1958.

He was not fully fit on the day of the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[4]

Honours

St Maur's
Dublin

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honour for Rush GAA legend – the mighty Seamus McGuinness. 29 June 2001. Irish Independent. 10 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Seamus McGuinness – a prince among footballers. 5 August 2005. Irish Independent. 10 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Rush mourns loss of a GAA legend. 16 January 2008. Irish Independent. 10 April 2017.
  4. News: Colm. Keys. When Kerry put a spanner in the Dublin 'machine': The 1955 All-Ireland pitted a revolutionary Dubs outfit against old-style Kerry values. Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 31 August 2019. 31 August 2019.