Seán Óg Flood Explained

Seán Óg Flood
Irish:Seán Óg Ó Maoltuile
Occupation:ESB salesman
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Louth
Province:Leinster
Club:Dundalk Young Irelands
Ballinagh
Clcounty:0
Counties:Louth
Cavan
Icyears:1955–1960
1961–1964
Icposition:Goalkeeper
Iculster:1
Icleinster:1
Icallireland:1
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Birth Date:1935
Icupdate:14:29, 8 October 2017

Seán Óg Flood (born 1935) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship careers as a goalkeeper with the senior Louth and Cavan county teams lasted ten seasons from 1955 until 1964.[1]

A son of Séamus Flood, renowned Louth GAA official and former county goalkeeper,[2] Seán was born in Dundalk, County Louth. He first played competitive Gaelic football with the Dundalk Young Irelands club at minor level. He won a North Louth minor championship medal in 1950, before joining the senior team in 1953.

Flood first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Louth Minor team in 1953. He won a Leinster medal that year[3] before being added to the senior panel in 1955. Flood made his league debut in 1956 and was handed his first championship start in 1957. His debut championship season saw him win a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals. After transferring to the Cavan senior team in 1961, Flood went on to win an Ulster and Dr. McKenna Cup medals. He retired from inter-county Gaelic football in 1964.[4]

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team, Flood won a Railway Cup medal in 1959.[5]

Honours

Dundalk Young Irelands
Louth
Cavan
Leinster

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seán Óg Flood. Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. 1 January 2001.
  2. Web site: Seamus was father figure of GAA in town. The Argus. 28 April 2010.
  3. Web site: 64 years since Louth last won the minor championship. Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Latton presentation to Sean Og Flood. Hogan Stand. 18 April 2018.
  5. Web site: The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games - Full GAA records From 1887 To 2021 Inclusive, p.244. GAA. 2021.