Bryan Sheehan

Bryan Sheehan
Personal information
Irish name	Brian Ó Síocháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	(1985-08-25) 25 August 1985 (age 39) Tralee, Ireland
Height	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Occupation	Quantity surveyor
Club(s)
Years	Club
2002–	St Mary's
Club titles
Kerry titles	5
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2005–2017	Kerry	66 (6–161)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	9
All-Irelands	5
NFL	3
All Stars	1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19 November 2017.

Bryan Sheehan (born 25 August 1985) is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the St Mary's club in Cahirciveen, South Kerry divisional side and, formerly, the Kerry county team. He won five All-Ireland SFC medals (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014).

Career

Club

At club level Sheehan lined out with both St Mary's Cahersiveen and South Kerry. Enjoying much success with both.

His first major success with St. Mary's was winning a Kerry County Football League - Division 1 title in 2003. He would have to wait until 2010 before he got his next success at county level as the club won the Kerry Junior Football Championship. He later added a Munster Junior Club Football Championship after a win over Limerick side [[Bruree GAA|Bruree]] in the final.^[1] He later lined out in Croke Park in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final. He picked up a winners medal after a win over Cavan side Swanlinbar on a 3-13 to 1-05 scoreline.^[2]

He was part of the Kerry squad for the 2001 to 2003 All-Ireland Minor Football Championships, winning the Munster Minor Football Championship on all 3 occasions. He played in goal for 2 of those wins in 2001 and 2002, captaining the 2002 team.^[3] He played as a forward in the 2003 win.^[3] He played with the Kerry team in the 2003 and 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships. His first National Football League game with Kerry seniors came in 2005, and in the same year he made his All-Ireland Senior Football Championship debut against Cork GAA in the Munster Senior Football Championship. He became the 2010 Kerry captain, and also helped the St Mary's club in Cahirciveen win the County and Munster Junior Championships, and in 2011 added the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2017, Sheehan announced his retirement from inter-county football.^[4]

References

^ "Junior Football (Club)". 29 May 2009.
^ "AIB All Ireland Junior Club Football Championship 2010/2011 Final - St. Marys (Kerry) 3-13 Swanlinbar (Cavan) 1-5". 12 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Munster Minor Football Teams - Munster GAA Web Site". Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
^ "Bryan Sheehan retires from Kerry duty". RTE Sport. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

External links

Kerry squads

v t e Kerry – 2004 National Football League Champions (17th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. O'Mahony 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 S. Moynihan 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 J. Crowley 15 M. F. Russell Subs used D. Ó Cinnéide for Crowley M. Ó Sé for Galvin Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2004 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (33rd title)

Subs used: 19 S. Moynihan for L. Hassett; 17 M. F. Russell for J. Crowley; 21 R. O'Connor for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 P. Kelly for P. Galvin; 25 B. Guiney for T. Ó Sé

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 M. Quirke; 22 J. Sheehan; 23 D. Quill; 24 T. Griffin; 26 S. O'Sullivan; 27 N. Kennelly; 28 J. Cronin; 29 B. Sheehan; 30 R. Ó Flatharta

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 17 M. F. Russell for L. Hassett; 21 Darran O'Sullivan for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 É. Fitzmaurice for S. Moynihan; 19 B. Sheehan for P. Galvin

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 B. Guiney; 22 D. Quill; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Kelly; 25 K. Donaghy; 26 M. Lyons; 27 M. Quirke; 28 P. Reidy; 29 T. Griffin

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

v t e Kerry – 2006 National Football League Champions (18th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 A. O'Mahony 3 M. Ó Sé 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 S. Moynihan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Lyons 8 D. Ó Sé 9 K. Donaghy 10 P. Galvin 11 É. Fitzmaurice 12 B. Sheehan 13 C. Cooper 14 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 15 R. O'Connor Subs used Darran O'Sullivan for O'Connor E. Brosnan for Fitzmaurice T. Griffin for O'Mahony M. F. Russell for Cooper Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title)

Subs used: 17 E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé; 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan; 19 É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin; 20 B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell; 22 B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 21 M. Lyons; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Reidy; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. Young; 27 R. Hussey; 28 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Mac Gearailt; 30 A. O'Connell

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (35th title)

Subs used

18 S. O'Sullivan for Galvin
20 Darran O'Sullivan for Declan O'Sullivan
26 T. Griffin for Young
21 M. F. Russell for Sheehan
19 M. Lyons for Reidy

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 17 M. Quirke; 22 D. Bohane; 23 P. O'Connor; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 K. O'Leary; 27 R. Hussey; 28 D. Walsh; 29 T. Walsh; 30 D. Quill

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 28 P. Galvin for T. Walsh; 19 Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan; 17 T. Griffin for S. Scanlon; 23 M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan; 27 D. Moran for B. Sheehan

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 18 S. O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke; 21 D. Walsh; 22 D. Bohane; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Maher; 30 P. Corridan; 31 M. Moloney; 32 K. Quirke; 33 A.O'Shea

Manager: P. O'Shea
Selectors: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

v t e Kerry – 2009 National Football League Champions (19th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 P. Reidy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Young 5 T. Ó Sé 6 A. O'Mahony 7 T. Griffin 8 A. Maher 9 M. Quirke 10 D. Walsh 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 Darran O'Sullivan (c) 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used D Ó Sé T. Kennelly B. Sheehan D. Bohane S. O'Sullivan Aidan O'Shea Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: É. Fitzmaurice; G. O'Keeffe

Kerry – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 18 P. Galvin for O'Leary; 21 B. J. Keane for Walsh; 17 D. Bohane for Brosnan

Subs not used: 16 T. Mac a' tSaoir; 19 S. Enright; 20 J. O'Donoghue; 22 P. Reidy; 23 P. Crowley; 24 T. Griffin; 25 J. Buckley; 26 B. McGuire; 27 S. Scanlon; 28 N. O'Mahony; 29 D. Geaney; 30 A. O'Connell; 31 D. Casey

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; D. Murphy

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Kerry – 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 22 D. O'Sulllivan for S. O'Brien; 20 B. Sheehan for J. Buckley; 17 K. Donaghy for P. Geaney; 23 P. Galvin for D. Moran; 19 P. Murphy for A. O'Mahony; 21 B. J. Keane for J. O'Donoghue

Subs not used: 16 B. Kelly; 18 M. Ó Sé; 24 T. Walsh; 25 P. Kilkenny; 26 A. Fitzgerald

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Kerry – 2017 National Football League Champions (20th title)

Subs: 23 G. Crowley for Lyne; 21 Darran O'Sullivan for Savage; 18 B. J. Keane for McCarthy; 20 B. Sheehan for Walsh; 9 A. Maher for Barry; 22 A. Spillane for M. Geaney

Subs not used: 15 S. O'Brien; 16 B. Kelly; 24 D. Daly; 25 C. Ó Lúing; 26 K. Donaghy

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: P. Corcoran; L. Hassett; D. Murphy; M. Sheehy

v t e 2011 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 S. Cluxton 2 M. Ó Sé 3 N. McGee 4 M. Foley 5 K. Cassidy 6 K. Lacey 7 K. Nolan 8 B. Sheehan 9 M. D. MacAuley 10 Darran O'Sullivan 11 A. Brogan^FOTY 12 P. Flynn 13 C. Cooper 14 A. Moran 15 B. Brogan

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