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 in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Labhradha Tréan | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Born |
20 March 1986 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
editSeán 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
edit- Salthill-Knocknacarra
- Galway Senior Football Championship (2): 2005, 2012
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2005
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2006
- Galway
- Connacht Minor Football Championship (2): 2003, 2004
- Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2005
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2005
- Connacht Senior Football Championship (3): 2005, 2008, 2018
- Connacht
- Railway Cup (1): 2014
References
edit- ^ "Seán Armstrong". gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ "Galway Independent - Sport". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Galway's Sean Armstrong announces his retirement from inter-county football". rte. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.