Eugene Sheelan
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| Born | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 August 2012 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | retired Garda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield/Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eugene Sheelan (1949–2012) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a Midfielder and Forward for the Louth senior team.
Sheelan made his senior inter-county debut in 1969 and for the next decade was a regular for Louth. In 1973 he scored a decisive goal as Louth defeated Dublin in a second round replay of the Leinster Senior Football Championship.[1]
In Louth club football he lined out for his local team St Patrick's. Based in Dublin for work purposes, he eventually transferred to Garda before moving to the Civil Service club, where he would win a Dublin Senior Football Championship medal in 1980 alongside his Louth team-mate Benny Gaughran.[2]