Seán Boylan
Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seán Boylan (born 12 December 1949) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager from Dunboyne, County Meath. He retired from his position as manager of the senior Meath county team on the evening of 31 August 2005 after twenty-three years in charge. This was an inter-county managerial record with one team that was only surpassed in Gaelic games by Brian Cody in 2022, his 24th and last season as manager of the Kilkenny senior hurling team.[2][3]
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Irish name | Seán Ó Baíolláin | ||||||||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||
Born | (1949-12-12) 12 December 1949 (age 74)[1] Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland | ||||||||
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During his time with Meath, he managed the team to: the Centenary Cup; eight Leinster Senior Football Championship titles; four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles (1987, 1988, 1996, 1999); three National Football League titles.
He also managed the Meath county hurling team, whom he also played with for 21 years. He managed Ireland in the 2006 and 2008 International Rules Series.
On 6 August 2020, a documentary called Seán, directed by Alan Bradley, aired on RTÉ about Boylan's life on and off the pitch.[4]