Ben Hannigan

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Ben Hannigan is a former Irish footballer. He spent most of his career playing for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland.

Hannigan had three different spells with Shels as a player from 1961-66, 1972-74, and finally in the 1980/81 season.

His first spell was the most successful as Shels won the league championship in 1962 after defeating Cork Celtic in a play-off and then defeating Cork Hibernians in the following year's FAI Cup final.

Hannigan signed for Shamrock Rovers in April 1969 and scored twice on his debut on the 11th of April at Milltown. He won the FAI Cup in his first season and represented Rovers in European competition against Schalke 04. In Finn Harps first ever game in the League of Ireland Ben scored 4 times in a 10-2 win on 17 August 1969.