Seán O'Neill
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Seán O'Neill was a famous Gaelic footballer for County Down.
Born in Newry, County Down, O'Neill is regarded as one of Gaelic football's outstanding forwards, scoring 85 goals and over 500 points for Down senior football team, and was a major figure in the county’s All-Ireland victories of 1960, 1961 and 1968. O'Neill's credits include seven Ulster senior football medals and eight Railway Cup medals in 1960, 1963 to 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1971. He won three National League medals, in 1960, 1962 and 1968, as well as two All Star awards in 1971 and 1972. Other honours include a Sigerson Cup medal with the Queen's University of Belfast, whom he later coached to further wins. He played club football with Newry Mitchel's GFC winning the Down Senior Championship in 1960, 1964, 1967 and 1968. He also won the Down Minor Championship with Newry Mitchel's in 1956 the year the club was formed.
O'Neill was named right half forward on the Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Football Team of the Millennium.
Sean O'Neill is a solicitor by profession.
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1 Dan O'Keefe | 2 Seán Flanagan | 3 Joe Keohane | 4 Enda Colleran | 5 Martin O'Connell | 6 J.J. O'Reilly | 7 Seán Murphy | 8 Mick O'Connell | 9 Tommy Murphy | 10 Pat Spillane | 11 Seán Purcell | 12 Seán O'Neill | 13 Kevin Heffernan | 14 Tommy Langan | 15 Mikey Sheehy |
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