| Mark McCallon (21),
5ft 10 ins; From Cornamaddy. Mark has been a consistently outstanding player
for the club at all underage levels and won a Leinster Colleges medal in 2008
with Athlone Community College. Recipient of AIT GAA
Scholarship. | | David
O’Shaughnessy
(33) 6ft 4ins; From Retreat. David has won honours at every level for
Garrycastle and captained the club to its first senior title in 2001. First
Westmeath man to lift the Delaney Cup when he led the county to its only
Leinster senior title in 2004. |
| | Cathal Mullin (33) 6ft
4ins; From Retreat. Cathal was captain of the Garrycastle team to the 2004
title. He has won Minor and Under 21 All-Irelands and National League with Westmeath. | | Karl
Henson
(33), 5ft 10ins; From Moydrum. A very capable defender, Karl was on Westmeath’s
Minor team in 1996 and captained the Garrycastle championship winning team in
2002. |
| | Doron Harte (28), 6ft; From Coosan. Member of the Féile winning panel
of 1995 he was captain of the 2010 championship winning side. | | Seánie O’Donoghue (29),
5ft 11ins; From Willow
Park. Seánie won a
Leinster Under 21 medal in 2000. He captained the 1995 Féile winning team,
Represented Ireland in the Under 17 Compromise Rules games against Australia in 1998 |
| | John Gaffey (27), 6ft; From Moydrum. John captained Garrycastle to
their 6th senior championship win in 2011. First Westmeath man to captain a club
team to win the Leinster Senior Club Football championship in 2011. | | Alan Fox (25),
5ft 7 ins; From Garnafailagh. A versatile and talented defender with terrier
like qualities. Member of the Junior B side that won the Championship in 2010. |
| | Enda Mulvihill (32),
6ft; From Retreat. Enda holds one All-Ireland Under 21 medal as well as 6 Westmeath
Senior Club Football Championship Medals. | | James
Dolan (21),
5ft 10ins; From Garrycastle. A very talented and promising player who can play
in both defense and attack. He won a Fr. Manning Cup medal with Westmeath in
2006 and played for Westmeath Under 21s in 2010 and 2011. Recipient of AIT GAA
Scholarship. |
| | James Duignan (30),
6ft; From Garnafeile. Represented Leinster in the Compromise Rules against Australia
in 1998. An All-Ireland Féile winner in 1995 and winner of 6 Westmeath Senior
Club Football Championship Medals. | | Gary
Dolan
(30), 6ft 3ins; From Coosan. Captain of the 2009 Senior Championship winning
side. Won a Leinster Senior medal in
2004 with Westmeath. |
| | Dessie Dolan (32), 5ft 11ins; From Coosan. One of the best forwards in
the country. Leinster Senior and All-Star winner in 2004. Dessie was a member
of Ireland’s Compromise
Rules team that toured Australia
in 1999 and 2003. | | Tom
McHugh
(29), 5 ft.10 ins; From Ardnagrath. A top-class defender, Tom played in the
winning Féile team of 1995. He also won 3 Junior B hurling titles with Southern Gaels. Another player with 6 senior championship
medals. |
| | Patrick Mulvihill (27), 6ft 1 in, From Coosan. An outstanding underage
player who has emerged over the past few years as a very potent attacker. Patrick
was on the Ireland U17 compromise rules team which toured Australia in
2001. | | Conor
Cosgrove
(24), 5ft 11ins; From Moydrum. In the first match of 2011 Conor kicked the
winning point to win Garrycastle’s first ever Junior B Championship. In the last
match of 2011 he kicked the winning point to win the Garrycastle’s first ever
Leinster Senior Championship. |
| | Paul Dillon (28), 6ft 2 ins; From Ballymahon Rd. Paul has been with
the Garrycastle senior squad since 2000 and has 6 senior championship medals. A
great ball winner he was on the successful 1999 minor team and won an U21 championship
medal in 2001. Paul also represented Westmeath at Minor and U21 level. | | Stephen
McGuire
(28), 5 ft 10ins; From Coosan. Stephen transferred to goalkeeper in 2008 and
has been a model of consistency as net minder for the Junior team in league and
championship. |
| | Alan Daly (33), 5ft 8ins; From Retreat. Alan has Minor and Under 21
All-Ireland medals with Westmeath. Scored an outrageous overhead scissor kicked
goal in the 2011 senior championship. | | Padraig
Cosgrove
(29), 6ft; From Moydrum. Padraig scored a great goal after coming on as a
substitute in the 2002 senior final. Captain of the 2010 Junior B championship
winning team in and he won a Junior A championship in 2011. |
| | Seán Carey (18), 5ft 10ins; From The Elms. Seán won an All Ireland
Hurling U14 Tony Forristal with Westmeath in 2007. Seán picked up 5 Football Championship
medals in 2011: Junior B, Minor, Junior A, Senior, and Leinster Club. | | Eoin
Monahan
(18), 6ft 3ins; From Coosan. A deadly accurate forward, Eoin scored the winning
goal in the 2011 Minor Premier Final, Eoin won 4 Football Championship medals in
2011: Minor, Junior A, Senior and Leinster Club. |
| | Rory McGowan (26), 6ft 1in; From Coosan. After a period overseas Rory
returned home and quickly re-established himself on the 2010 senior
championship team. | | Aidan
Browne (23),
6ft 4ins; From Willow
Park. Winner
of a Div. 2 minor championship in 2006 Aidan burst onto the senior scene in
2007 as a 19 year old. Overseas for most of 2011 Aidan returned in time for the
Leinster Final. |
| | Justin Barrett (17), 6ft 3ins; From Coosan. A brilliant midfielder,
Justin was the captain of the 2011 Minor Premier winning team. He won 4
Football Championship medals in 2011: Minor, Junior A, Senior and Leinster
Club. | | Conor
Molloy (23),
6ft 4ins; From Arcadia.
Conor played full back on the U14 team that narrowly lost the 2003 Féile Final
to St. Lomans. After concentrating on Rugby Conor returned to Gaelic Football
to win 3 Football Championship medals in 2011: Junior A, Senior and Leinster
Club. |
| | Johnny McGuire (26), 6ft 1in; From Coosan. A naturally talented
footballer, Jonathan established himself as a regular on the team in 2009. | | Gary
McCallon (19),
6ft; From Cornamaddy. Younger
brother of Mark, Gary
has blossomed into a very good defender and is pushing strongly for a place on
the senior team. Gary
won 3 Football Championship
medals in 2011: Junior A, Senior and Leinster Club. |
| | Mark Keenan (18), 5ft 11ins; From Moydrum.
A talented goalkeeper, from the 2011 Minor Premier winning
team. He won 4 Football Championship medals in 2011: Minor, Junior A, Senior
and Leinster Club. | | Seán
Brennan (19),
6ft 1in; From Willow
Park. A quiet
but very determined defender Seán won 4 Football Championship medals in 2011: Junior B, Junior
A, Senior and Leinster Club. |
| | Anthony Larkin (24), 5ft 11ins; From Cartrontroy. Anthony
has served the club well at all underage levels and has scarcely missed a
training session all year. Anthony won 4 Football
Championship medals in 2011: Junior B, Junior A, Senior and Leinster Club. | | Alex
Gardiner (18),
6ft 2ins; From Retreat. A
talented forward and accurate freetaker. Alex won 4 Football Championship medals in 2011: Minor, Junior
A, Senior and Leinster Club. |
| | Enda Keena (19), 5ft 10ins; From Moydrum.
Fiercely dedicated footballer Enda won 4 Football
Championship medals in 2011: Junior B, Junior A, Senior and Leinster Club. | | Gary Mullery (20), 5ft 7ins; From Woodville. Gary has firmly
established himself as a valued member of
the senior panel and is one of the most promising young players in the club. |
| | Donovan Hermbusche (24), 5ft
10ins; From ArdnaGrath. Donovan won an All-Ireland medal in 2004 when he shone
at centre half back for the Athlone Community College Under 16
team. | | John
O’Shaughnessy (29),
6 ft; From Retreat. John won a Leinster minor medal with Westmeath in 2000 and was
the youngest member of the history-making 2001 senior team. |
| | Peadar Mulvihill (25), 5ft 9ins; From Cornamaddy.
Peadar played most of his underage football in defense but is now more
comfortable in attack. Peadar won a Junior A Football Championship medal with
Garrycastle in 2011. | | Paul Mulvihill (23), 5ft 9 ins; From Cornamaddy.
Paul is another graduate from the 2006 Minor Div.
2 winning team and he won a Junior A county title in 2011. |
| | Justin McAteer (30), 6ft 1ins; From Castledaly. An outstanding U12 player
Justin remained loyal to Garrycastle after his family moved to Castledaly. A member
of the Westmeath panel that won Leinster in
2004 he spent much of last 2 years studying overseas. | | Robbie
Shine (30),
6ft 1 in; From Willow
Park. Robbie starred on
several underage teams including the All-Ireland Féile team of 1995 and the
minor team of 1999. He plays mostly in the attack and his accuracy has yielded
many vital scores for the club. |
| | Noel Galvin (32), 6ft.
From Moydrum. One of the best two-footed midfielder/forward in the club. A great
leader and captain of the 2011 Junior A Championship winning team. | | |
| | Anthony Cunningham Team Manager; From Kiltoom. First man to captain Galway to an All-Ireland Minor Hurling title in 1983.
First man to manage St. Brigids and Garrycastle to Provincial Club Football
titles. | | Ken
Veale Team
Co-ordinator; From Moydrum. Ken is the son of Jack, a founder member of the
club. Ken played in goal for Garrycastle at underage and was on the panel for
the first ever Féile na n-óg in Cavan in 1982. |
| | Richie
Murray Selector;
From Cornamaddy originally but now living in Moydrum. Richie holds championship
medals at both Junior and Intermediate level for Garrrycastle. He has been
involved with many Garrycastle teams as selector in recent years. | | Shay McDermott Selector; From Glynwood. A dedicated cub member Shay
played regularly in Garrycastle’s league success in 1981 and Junior
championship victory in 1982. |
| | Aidan
Dunning Selector;
From Baylin. Aidan gave great service to Caulry over recent years winning county
titles at Junior and Intermediate levels. Also played for Westmeath at Senior
level. Manager of the Garrycastle 2011 Junior A Championship winning team. | | |
