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Shane Lennon

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Shane Lennon
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-forward
Born c. 1985
County Louth
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
Kilkerley Emmets
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2005-2014
Louth
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0

Shane Lennon is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer from County Louth, Ireland. He played with the Louth county team and his local club side Kilkerley Emmets. He lined out at full-forward for the Louth team in the final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship in 2010, as they lost in controversial circumstances to Meath.[1] He helped Louth win a Tommy Murphy Cup, two National League titles and an O'Byrne Cup.[2][3]

During his inter-county playing career, Lennon was appointed county Games Development Manager by Louth GAA. He departed this role in 2023.[4]

He scored the winning point for UCD in the final of the 2006 Dublin Senior Football Championship against St Vincent's. [5]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Ref's rush of blood robs Louth". Drogheda Independent. 14 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Louth reveal touch of class". Irish Times. 28 August 2006.
  3. ^ "Wee glee as brave". Irish Independent. 1 May 2006.
  4. ^ "Louth GAA delegates ratify new stadium committee involving officials from Croke Park". The Argus. 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Last-gasp Lennon point scuttles Vincent's title ambitions". Irish Independent. 7 November 2006.
  6. ^ "IFC replay: Kilkerley come good". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Lennon steers Kilkerley back to senior ranks at first attempt". The Argus. 13 December 2002.
  8. ^ "Kilkerley claim Sheelan Shield as Roche win Mullen Plate". Dundalk Democrat. 2 April 2019.