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.