Joe Sheridan is an
Irish Gaelic football
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er. He plays with the Seneschalstown club and the
Meath county team.
He was part of the Meath team that made it to the 2002 All-Ireland Minor Championship Final but lost out to
Derry
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.
He made headlines for scoring a controversial and illegal late goal in the
2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
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. The goal stood and Meath got a 1-12 to 1-10 win over
Louth Louth may refer to:
Australia
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Canada
* Louth, Ontario
Ireland
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.
He won
Meath Senior Football Championship medals in 2007 and 2009 with Seneschalstown.
In March 2012, Sheridan quit the Meath panel due to work commitments in Boston.
A month later it was announced that Sheridan was returning to the
Meath panel in time for the championship 2012.
Meath manager Mick O'Dowd axed him at the end of 2013.
In December 2019, he was named as a Meath under-20 county team selector under the management of
Ger Robinson.
Personal life
Through his association with
Fianna Fáil
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he has met
Elizabeth II
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and
Michelle Obama
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.
Sheridan supported the No Vote in the 2018
Abortion referendum.
Honours
* 2
O'Byrne Cups (2004, 2006)
* 2
Meath Senior Football Championships (2007, 2009)
* 1
Leinster Senior Football Championship (2010)
* 1
National Football League Division 2 (2007)
References
* http://hoganstand.com/meath/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=131898
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Gaelic football selectors
Meath inter-county Gaelic footballers
Seneschalstown Gaelic footballers