- Joe McMahon
Infobox GAA player |
name = Joe McMahon
irish =
placeofbirth=Tyrone
countryofbirth=Northern Ireland
bday=03
bmonth=08
byear=1983
nickname=
feet=6
inches=3
sport=Gaelic football
code= Football
county= Tyrone
province= Ulster
clposition= Full Back
club=Omagh St. Enda's
clyears=? -present
clapps(points)=
clcounty=
clprovince=
clubs=Omagh St Enda's
counties= Tyrone
icposition= Full Back/Full Forward
icyears= 2004- present
icapps(points)=
icprovince=1
icallireland=2
allstars=0
icupdate=13:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
clupdate=13:48,5 November 2006 (UTC)
|Joe McMahon is a two-time All-Ireland-winning Tyrone
Gaelic football er. He started the 2005 All-Ireland Final, but had to be replaced because of injury, making him the first Omagh man to win an All-Ireland. [http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html] He also started the 2008 at number 12 but played most of the game alongside his brother in the back line helping to hold Kerry's "Twin Towers" of Donaghy and Walsh to 1 point.2008 was a career-defining year for him, being switched between the forwards and the backs on the Tyrone side throughout most of the season. In the quarter final, while being one of a number of Tyrone players sporting a beard for the occasion, [citation | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2008/0927/1222419961833.html | title = How sporting a beard can give you a warrior's edge | author = Shane Hegarty | publisher =
Irish Times | accessdate =2008-10-03 | date =2008-09-27 ] he scored a crucial goal against Dublin. [ citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7560209.stm | accessdate =2008-10-03 | publisher =BBC Sport | title = Dublin 1-8 3-14 Tyrone | date =2008-08-16 ]In October 2005, barely a month after his All-Ireland win, McMahon was part of the Omagh St Enda's team that reached the Tyrone Championship Final. [citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4365150.stm | publisher =
BBC Sport | title = Omagh keen to go the whole way | accessdate =2008-10-03 | date =2005-10-21 | ]He was part of the
Omagh CBS MacRory Cup team that shared the title in 2001 (the scheduled replay was abandoned, due to restrictions of crowd gatherings amid aFoot and Mouth outbreak), and reached the final in 2002. [http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.com/app/DisplayEvent.asp?SectionID=6&ArticleID=1654] [http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.com/app/DisplayEvent.asp?SectionID=6&ArticleID=1653]His younger brother, Justin was the captain of the Tyrone Under 21s that won the 2006 Ulster Championship.
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* [http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html Interview in Irish News ahead of the 2006 National League Campaign]
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