Seán Foran Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Seán Foran
Irish:Seán Ó Fuaráin
County:Offaly
Province:Leinster
Club:Edenderry
Clyears:1948–1972
Clcounty:3
Counties:Offaly
Icposition:Midfield
Icyears:1949–1963
Icapps(Points):24
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:0
Nfl:0
Icupdate:17:57, 10 July 2015
Birth Date:1931
Birth Place:Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland
Death Date:9 July 2015 (aged 84)
Death Place:Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland

Seán Foran (1931 – 9 July 2015) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Offaly senior team.[1] [2]

Born in Edenderry, County Offaly, Foran first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at St. Mary's Knockbeg College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Offaly minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1949 championship. Foran immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Leinster medal.[3]

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Foran won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a three-time championship medallist with Edenderry.

Throughout his career Foran made 24 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county football during the 1963-64 league.

In retirement from playing Foran became involved in team management and coaching. He was a selector when Offaly won the All-Ireland title in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Offaly GAA mourns the death of Sean Foran. Offaly GAA website. 10 July 2015. 10 July 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711215741/http://offaly.gaa.ie/offaly-news/offalygaamournsthedeathofseanforanedenderry. 11 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Death of Offaly football great Sean Foran. Hogan Stand. 10 July 2015. 10 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Faithful Pioneers: Offaly's Football breakthrough 1960-1961. Hogan Stand. 24 November 2011. 10 July 2015.