Seán Armstrong (born 20 March 1986) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Galway. Armstrong played his club football with Salthill-Knocknacarra and inter-county football for Galway from 2005 to 2014 spending ten years as an inter-county footballer.[1]

Seán Armstrong
Seán Armstrong in 2016
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Labhradha Tréan
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre forward
Born (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 38)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2003–2021
Salthill-Knocknacarra
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Connacht titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2005–2014; 2017–2018
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3
NFL 1

Career

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Seán was a key part of Galway's Under 21 All-Ireland triumph of 2005. He formed a devastating partnership with Michael Meehan in the final as they scored 6-03 between them in a 6–05 to 4–06 victory over Down to claim the title.[2]

Armstrong announced his retirement from the inter-county scene on 17 December 2014 at the age of 28 citing a loss of his love of the game.[3] he is also a teacher in St Mary's College

Honours

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Salthill-Knocknacarra
Galway
Connacht

References

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  1. ^ "Seán Armstrong". gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Galway Independent - Sport". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Galway's Sean Armstrong announces his retirement from inter-county football". rte. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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