Séamus Gillen

Séamus Gillen
Personal information
Irish name	Séamus Ó Gilín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	1947 Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Finbarr's
Club titles
Munster titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1970-1971	Cork	1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:36, 21 April 2015.

Séamus Gillen (born 1947) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Cork senior team.

Born in Cork, Gillen first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the intermediate side. He made his senior debut during the 1970-71 league. Gillen enjoyed a brief inter-county career as a non-playing substitute.

At club level Gillen is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with St. Finbarr's. In addition to this he has also won one Munster medals and several championship medals on the field of play and as a non-playing substitute.^[1]

Gillen's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1971 championship.

Honours

Team

St. Finbarr's

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1975
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1974

Cork

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1969

References

↑ "St. Finbarr's: a history". St. Finbarr's GAA website. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

Séamus Gillen navigation boxes

St. Finbarr's – 1975 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 J. Power (c) 2 T. Maher 3 S. Canty 4 C. Barrett 5 B. O'Brien 6 D. O'Grady 7 T. Butler 8 G. McCarthy 9 C. Roche 10 É. Fitzpatrick 11 J. Barry-Murphy 12 S. Gillen 13 C. McCarthy 14 S. Looney 15 J. O'Shea Sub used C. Cullinane for S. Looney Subs not used M. Archer C. Myers B. Scully M. O'Mahony B. Wylie J. McCarthy D. Burns Coach M. Kennefick

Cork – 1969 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship runners-up

1 T. Monaghgan 2 J. Twomey 3 J. Ryan 4 J. O'Connell 5 O. O'Keeffe 6 J. Hogan 7 P. McDonnell 8 Jack Russell 9 Jim Russell 10 S. Gillen 11 M. Malone 12 F. Kelleher 13 T. Meaney 14 D. J. Daly 15 D. Coleman Subs used N. Gallagher for M. Malone T. O'Mahony for F. Kelleher Subs not used H. O'Brien J. O'Regan B. O'Neill M. Hegarty P. Dunne J. Aherne

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