Mick Mehigan

Mick Mehigan
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál Ó Maothagáin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left wing-back
Born 1887
Ardfield, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation County Council Official
Club(s)
Years Club
Clonakilty
Lees
Club titles
Cork titles 5
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1906–1917 Cork 23 (0–4)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:08, 10 April 2012.

Michael "Mick" Mehigan (born 1887) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.

Mehigan made his first appearance for the team during the 1906 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and three Munster medals. In 1911 Mehigan captained the team to the All-Ireland title.[1]

At club level Mehigan was a multiple county championship medalist with Lees. He began his club career with Clonakilty.

Mehigan hailed from a family with a strong association with Gaelic games. His younger brother, Denis, followed him onto the Cork football team. His elder brother, Paddy, played both hurling and football for Cork and London and was later a pioneering Gaelic games journalist. A great grand-nephew, Owen Sexton, played for Cork in the 2000s.[2]

References

  1. "Clonakilty GAA history". Clonakilty GAA website. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. "Always fated to be a central figure". Irish Times. 8 May 1999. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Cork Senior Football Captain
1911
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jack O'Driscoll
Cork Senior Football Captain
1914
Succeeded by
Denis Mehigan
Achievements
Preceded by
Tom Costello
(Kerry)
All-Ireland Senior Football Final
winning captain

1911
Succeeded by
Jim Walsh
(Louth)
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