Martin P. Heffernan (1944 – 22 February 2021) was an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er and

Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...

administrator. At club level he lined out with

Tullamore Tullamore (; ) is the county town of County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, midlands reg ...

and was a member of the

Offaly senior football team The Offaly county football team represents County Offaly, Offaly in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Offaly GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annua ...

during the 1966-67 National League. Heffernan also served for several years as Offaly Bord na nÓg Secretary.

Honours

;Tullamore * Offaly Senior Football Championship: 1973

References

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