Sean Cavanagh

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Sean Cavanagh
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Place of birth Tyrone, Ireland
Occupation Accountant
Club information
Club Moy
Position Midfield
Club(s)*
Club Years Apps (scores)
Moy
Inter County
County Tyrone
Position Midfield
Inter County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Tyrone 2002-present
Inter County Titles
Ulster Titles 1
All-Ireland 2
NFL 2
All-Stars 3

* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of 20:05 20 October 2006 (BST).

Sean Cavanagh (sometimes Seán Cavanagh) is a treble All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He has won All-Ireland championships for Tyrone at minor, Under 21 and Senior level, and has represented Ireland at the International Rules Series.

His playing style is very attack-minded, considering he is a midfielder, and he usually ends up scoring more than most of the forwards on the team. This is complimented on the team by Brian Dooher's tireless workrate from the half-forward line - something he is the first to admit.[1]
His high ball strengths have garnered him attention from the Australian Football League - where high fielding is possibly more dominant than it is in Gaelic football.

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[edit] Personal life

Cavanagh graduated from the University of Ulster in 2004 with a First Class Honours Degree in Accountancy.[2] He has since gone on to follow a career in accountancy.

[edit] Under-Age

Cavanagh was an integral part of the Tyrone Minor Team that won the All-Ireland in 2001,[3] and then went on to win two Ulster Under-21 Championships in 2002 and 2003. He was also enormously successful as School level, winning the Ulster Colleges Championship, The MacRory Cup in 2000, earning himself an Ulster Colleges All Star along the way.

[edit] Senior career

Cavanagh made his Tyrone Senior debut in 2002, against neighbouring rivals, and eventual All Ireland Champions, Armagh scoring a goal which earned Tyrone a replay.[4] He was also a member of the squad that won Tyrone's first ever National League campaign.

In 2003, Cavanagh was pivotal in Tyrone's quest to their first ever All-Ireland Championship. He was voted Man-of-the-Match in their first round replay against Derry.[5]
He returned from injury to appear in the drawn Ulster Final against Down, and scored a point in the replay (one of Tyrone's twenty three), while commanding midfield.[6]
In the All-Ireland Quarter final (the next round), Tyrone beat neighbours Fermanagh 1-21 (24 points) to 0-05. Cavanagh again ran the show from midfield, and scored Tyrone's goal.[7]
The year ended with Cavanagh winning his first All Star, as well as the Young Player of the Year Award[8]

Tyrone's 2004 campaign was foreshadowed by the untimely death of their newly appointed captain, Cormac McAnallen. Tyrone were ultimately knocked out of the Championship by eventual finalists, Mayo. Cavanagh won Tyrone's only All Star that year.

In 2005, Tyrone went through an epic ten-match march to the final, playing in some of the greatest matches in the history of the GAA. Cavanagh scored twelve points from midfield over the course of the championship. There was constant speculation as to whether he would emigrate to Australia to join a professional A.F.L. team, (Brisbane Lions), as Tadhg Kennelly had successfully done a few years prior.[9]
Cavanagh was approached by Brisbane Lions agents Gerard Scholly and the Brisbane coach Greame Allan at his home town of the Moy. He declined the offer saying that he wanted to stay and further his Gaelic football career and his career as an accountant. He claims that when he travelled to play Australia in 2005, he saw that Australia was a great place, but not somewhere he would be happy to settle. He remains adament that he will be happiest remaining in his native Ireland and Tyrone.[10][11]

In the All-Ireland Semi-Final, Tyrone played Armagh for the third time in the Championship. With only a few minutes left, and Tyrone two points down, Cavanagh stepped up and finally scored, inspiring Tyrone to victory.[12]
Tyrone came through the year, defeating Kerry in the final, winning their second All-Ireland.[13] Cavanagh was again awarded an All-Star, his third in a row - the only Ulsterman to do that apart from Peter Canavan, in the mid 90's and the first midfielder to do it since Jack O'Shea in the early 80's.[14]

Tyrone's 2006 campaign was plagued by injury from the start, and they were disappointingly knocked out of the championship by Laois.[15] The early Championship exit allowed the players to take up 'ringer' positions in American GAA leagues. Cavanagh was one of the players that took up the offer.

[edit] International Series

Cavanagh has represented Ireland several times in the International rules football Series, and has been chosen to play for them for the 2006 campaign,[16] scoring three points for Ireland in the opening test.[17]

[edit] Gaelic Players Association controversy

In February 2007, the Tyrone County Board issued a statement criticizing the actions and ideals of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), and urged the GAA in an open letter to not give the GPA officially recognised status. This put the Tyrone players into a difficult situation, as many were active members of the organisation. One of the main opponents of the county board's position was Sean Cavanagh, and has since gone on record defending the actions of the GPA, and criticizing those of the board, stating, "they were not speaking for me or the Tyrone footballers, or the majority of GAA people in this county."[18][19]

Tyrone Senior Football Team

1 Pascal McConnell | 2 Dermot Carlin | 3 Cormac McGinley | 4 Michael McGee | 5 David Harte | 6 Conor Gormley | 7 Justin McMahon | 8 Gerard Cavlan | 9 Sean Cavanagh (Cap.) | 10 Raymond Mulgrew | 11 Eoin Mulligan | 12 Colm Cavanagh | 13 Colm McCullagh | 14 Stephen O'Neill | 15 Ryan Mellon |
Subs: J Curran, Peter Donnelly, C Donnelly, Brian Dooher, Neill Gormley, Kelvin Hughes, Phillip Jordan, Enda McGinley, Tommy McGuigan, P McGurk, Mickey Murphy, Martin Penrose, Paul Quinn, P Rouse, D Treanor
Unavailable Panellists: Colin Holmes, Brian McGuigan, Joe McMahon, Cairan Gourley, Kevin Hughes, Cathal McCarron, Damien McCaul, Ryan McMenamin (Suspended)
Manager: Mickey Harte
(Team as of March 2007 versus Cork)
Tyrone Panel: 2005 All-Ireland Final

1 Pascal McConnell | 2 Ryan McMenamin | 3 Joe McMahon | 4 Michael McGee | 5 David Harte | 6 Conor Gormley | 7 Phillip Jordan | 8 Enda McGinley | 9 Sean Cavanagh | 10 Brian Dooher (Cap.) | 11 Brian McGuigan | 12 Ryan Mellon | 13 Peter Canavan | 14 Stephen O'Neill | 15 Eoin Mulligan |
Subs: John Devine, Eoghain Bradley, Brian Meenan, Gavin Devlin, Brendan Donnelly, Peter Donnelly, Cairan Gourley, Mark Harte, Colin Holmes, Chris Lawn, Colm McCullagh, Leo Meenan, Michael Murphy, Martin Penrose, Shane Sweeney
Manager: Mickey Harte
(Team as of September 2005 versus Kerry)
Tyrone Panel: 2003 All-Ireland Final

1 John Devine | 2 Cairan Gourley | 3 Cormac McAnallen | 4 Ryan McMenamin | 5 Conor Gormley | 6 Gavin Devlin | 7 Phillip Jordan | 8 Kevin Hughes | 9 Sean Cavanagh | 10 Brian Dooher | 11 Brian McGuigan | 12 Gerard Cavlan | 13 Enda McGinley | 14 Peter Canavan (Cap.) | 15 Eoin Mulligan |
Subs: 16 Pascal McConnell, 17 Dermot Carlin, 18 Mark Harte, 19 Colin Holmes, 20 Paul Horisk, 21 Chris Lawn, 22 Peter Loughran, 23 Declan McCrossan, 24 Michael McGee, 25 Cormac McGinley, 26 Frank McGuigan 27 Seamus Mulgrew 28 Stephen O'Neill 29 Brian Robinson 30 Michael Coleman
Manager: Mickey Harte
(Team as of September 2003 versus Armagh)

[edit] External links

  1. ^ {cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/09/25/story243198234.asp|title=Tyrone’s trojan is not a talker, he’s a Dooher|accessdate=2007-03-06}}
  2. ^ Sean Cavanagh - A First Class Finisher. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
  3. ^ Tyrone win minor title. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  4. ^ Cavanagh is Tyrone's saviour. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  5. ^ Tyrone outclass dismal Derry. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  6. ^ dead link.
  7. ^ GAA: All-Ireland Quarter Final – Fermanagh 0-05 Tyrone 1-21. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  8. ^ Tyrone's magnificent seven. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  9. ^ Cavanagh offered two-year deal by Brisbane. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  10. ^ Sunday Tribune, 5 November 2006, Page 35
  11. ^ Cavanagh rejects Brisbane offer. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
  12. ^ Tyrone to meet Kerry in GAA football final. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  13. ^ Tyrone triumph in Croker decider. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  14. ^ http://www.teamtalkmag.com/newsdesk_info.php?newsPath=12&newsdesk_id=128
  15. ^ http://www.teamtalkmag.com/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=493&osCsid=e2fb574c0553bc29e30e8685f187fed4
  16. ^ Boylan names training panel. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  17. ^ COCA-COLA INTERNATIONAL RULES 1ST TEST. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  18. ^ Steps are taken to heal GPS rift. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
  19. ^ Tyrone letter leads to GPA anger. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
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