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Seán Óg Flood

b. 1935

Irish Gaelic footballer

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About Seán Óg Flood

Born 1935.

Seán Óg Flood (born 1935) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship careers as a goalkeeper with the senior Louth and Cavan county teams lasted ten seasons from 1955 until 1964.

A son of Séamus Flood, renowned Louth GAA official and former county goalkeeper, Seán was born in Dundalk, County Louth. He first played competitive Gaelic football with the Dundalk Young Irelands club at minor level. He won a North Louth minor championship medal in 1950, before joining the senior team in 1953.

Flood first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Louth Minor team in 1953. He won a Leinster medal that year before being added to the senior panel in 1955. Flood made his league debut in 1956 and was handed his first championship start in 1957. His debut championship season saw him win a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals. After transferring to the Cavan senior team in 1961, Flood went on to win an Ulster and Dr. McKenna Cup medals. He retired from inter-county Gaelic football in 1964.

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team, Flood won a Railway Cup medal in 1959.

Honours Dundalk Young Irelands North Louth Minor Football League (1): 1949 North Louth Minor Football Championship (1): 1950 Old Gaels Cup (1): 1957

Louth All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1957 Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 1957 Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1953

Cavan Ulster Senior Football Championship (1): 1962 Dr McKenna Cup (1): 1962 Ulster Junior Football Championship (1): 1962

Leinster Railway Cup (1): 1959

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Who is Seán Óg Flood?

Irish Gaelic footballer

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Seán Óg Flood was born in 1935 in Dundalk.

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· Wikipedia: Seán Óg Flood

· Wikidata: Q41739062

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