| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | 3 April 1971 Castlerea, County Roscommon |
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| Height | 6 ft 11.5 in (2.12 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1990's-2000's | Castlerea St. Kevins | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1990's-2000's | Roscommon | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Shane Curran (born 3 April 1971[1]) is a former Soccer and Gaelic football goalkeeper from Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. He played Gaelic football with Roscommon, winning a Connacht Minor Football Championship medal in 1989, Junior in 2000 and Senior in 2001, he also won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 2000. He played soccer with Athlone Town also and won a Leinster Senior Cup. GAA Career achiements All Star Nominee 2003 GPA player of the month May 2004 Commissioned by Gaelic Athletic Asscoiation (GAA) in 2005 to invent Goalkeeping kicking tee . Roscommon Senior player of the year 2003. Captained Roscommon 2003/4 . Athlone town player of the year 1995 Leinster league cup winner 1995 I connaught championship senior medal 2001 1 minor medal 1989 2 county senior medals 2005 /2007 Holds Championship record for been the only goalkeeper in GAA history to score 1 goal and 1 point in a championship match and finish top scorer.
Since Shane Curran's career in GAA ended he has set up flood defence company Global Flood Solutions. The company supplies the rapid response flood defence products such as the Big Bag Flood Defence System for which Curran recently secured a €2m export deal The Irish Times 4.1.2011 for which they were interviewed recently by Irish national broadcaster RTE[2] on their Radio 1 show The Business hosted by broadcaster George Lee [3] Shane Curran was also recently interviewed about the Big Bag Solution on Ireland's most popular TV show The Late Late Show hosted by Ryan Tubridy.[4]
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