Edwin Carolan

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Edwin Carolan
Personal information
Irish name	Edwin Ó Cearbhalláin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Occupation	Veterinary Inspector
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Cavan Gaels
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	?
All Irelands	3
NFL	1

Edwin Carolan (died 22 January 1982) was a Gaelic footballer for Cavan.

Playing career

A native of Mullagh. He was a member of the great Cavan squad which won the All-Ireland Final in the Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. He won a second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal the following year. But, he is best remembered for scoring the equalising point to earn Cavan a replay in the 1952 All-Ireland Final against Co. Meath, Cavan went on to win the replay. He also won the National Football League in 1949/50 season. His brother Pat Carolan also played in the 1952 Final. He won 1 Sigerson Cup medal with University College Dublin and won numerous Railway Cup medals with Ulster. He helped establish Cavan Gaels and won a 1958 League medal with the town.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Edwin Carolan Memorial Park is named after him.

References

Cavan Football Squads

v t e Cavan – 1948 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 S. Morris 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 O. R. McGovern 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan

v t e Cavan – 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 D. Benson 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. Brady 9 V. Sherlock 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan Sub O. R. McGovern

v t e Cavan – 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (5th title)

1 S. Morris 2 J. McCabe 3 P. Brady 4 D. Maguire 5 P. Carolan 6 L. Maguire 7 B. O'Reilly 8 T. Hardy 9 V. Sherlock 10 S. Hetherton 11 M. Higgins 12 E. Carolan 13 J. J. Cassidy 14 A. Tighe 15 J. Cusack

Persondata
Name	Carolan, Edwin
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic footballer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Mullagh, County Cavan
Date of death	22 January 1982
Place of death

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