Eamonn Callaghan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left half-forward | ||
| Born | Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Nickname | Leper[1][2] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Naas | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Kildare | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Eamonn Callaghan is a former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Kildare county team.[3] He captained his county.[1]
In 2011, Callaghan was part of the Ireland team that won the 2011 International Rules Series against Australia by 130 to 65.[4][5]
Alongside Kildare veteran Eoin Doyle as manager, Callaghan won a Kildare SFC with Naas (its first for more than three decades) in 2021 and the club then advanced to the Leinster Club SFC final.[1] In August 2022, he joined the Carlow senior football team as a performance coach under the management of Niall Carew.[1]
