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Aidan O'Shea (Mayo Gaelic footballer)

Irish Gaelic footballer

Field	Value
name	Aidan O'Shea
irish	Aodán Ó Sé
occupation	Export Manager
birth_date
birth_place	Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
height	1.93 m
sport	Gaelic football
code	Football
county	Mayo
province	Connacht
club	Breaffy
clyears	2007–
clposition	Forward
clcounty	0
colleges	Dublin Institute of Technology
colyears	2009–2013
sig	1
counties	Mayo
icyears	2009–
icapps(points)	96 (14–57)
icprovince	8
icallireland	0
nfl	2
allstars	2
icupdate	21:00, 12 December 2025

| clapps(points) = | icapps(points) = 96 (14–57) ** Aidan O'Shea **(born 29 June 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Breaffy and the Mayo county team. He is captain of the Breaffy's senior team.

Playing career

O'Shea played for the Mayo minor team during the 2000s.

He made his senior inter-county debut against New York in 2009 and, since then, has won All Stars and played in numerous All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) finals.

O'Shea played in midfield in two All-Ireland SFC finals, the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0–13 to 2–11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1–14 to 2–12 against Dublin. In 2013, his man-of-the-match display drove Mayo to victory in a rematch against 2012 conquerors Donegal at the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final stage. He was afterwards refused entry at one of Dublin's biggest nightclubs. He was awarded the GAA's Player of the Month for August 2013. O'Shea won an All-Star in 2013.

He is suspected of being concussed up to seven times. In 2016, Mayo were denied another All-Ireland SFC title by just one point to Dublin after the 2016 All-Ireland SFC final replay on 1 October. Coincidentally, the following year, Mayo lost again against Dublin in the 2017 All-Ireland SFC final by another one-point margin. O'Shea has lost a lot of All-Ireland SFC finals, along with Lee Keegan, in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

O'Shea played in the first Test for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, but club commitments ruled him out of the second Test.

Personal life

O'Shea has family connections in County Kerry. His father Jim O'Shea has managed Breaffy.

O'Shea had a relationship with Sarah Rowe, the ladies' Gaelic footballer. In the summer of 2023, he got engaged to Kristin McKenzie Vass, and the couple married in Kerry on 9 August 2024.

Career statistics

Team	Year	National League	Connacht	All-Ireland	Total	Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Mayo	2009	Division 1	6	2-03	3	2-04	1	1-01	10	5-08
2010	8	2-04	1	0-00	1	0-00	10	2-04
2011	5	0-03	3	0-00	2	0-00	10	0-03
2012	5	0-01	1	0-01	3	0-01	9	0-03
2013	8	0-04	3	0-01	3	0-01	14	0-06
2014	7	0-05	3	0-02	3	1-00	13	1-07
2015	7	1-08	2	3-05	3	1-01	12	5-14
2016	7	0-04	2	0-01	6	1-03	15	1-08
2017	2	0-00	2	0-00	8	0-07	12	0-07
2018	7	1-01	1	0-00	3	0-03	11	1-04
2019	8	0-02	2	0-00	7	0-01	17	0-03
2020	7	0-05	3	0-03	2	0-01	12	0-09
2021	Division 2	2	0-01	3	2-03	2	0-00	7	2-04
2022	Division 1	8	0-00	1	0-00	3	0-01	12	0-01
2023	8	1-06	1	0-01	5	0-08	14	1-15
2024			3	1-02	4	0-02	7	1-04
2025			1	1-02			1	1-02

Honours

;Dublin Institute of Technology

Sigerson Cup: 2013

;Mayo

Connacht Senior Football Championship: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 (c), 2021 (c)
National Football League: (2) 2019, 2023
Connacht Under-21 Football Championship: 2009
Connacht Minor Football Championship: 2009
FBD League: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2023 ;Ireland
International Rules Series: 2013, 2015

References

(23 September 2012). "Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo". BBC Sport.
(24 September 2012). "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent.
(22 September 2013). "Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14". RTÉ.
(4 August 2013). "Champions Donegal stunned by Mayo rampage". Irish Independent.
(5 August 2013). "Mayo GAA star Aidan O'Shea 'thanks' Dublin nightclub after he's refused entry". Irish Independent.
(18 September 2013). "'I was always geared to do this' - Aidan O'Shea". Irish Independent.
(11 September 2013). "O'Shea and Kelly win GAA/GPA Player Awards". GAA website.
Fogarty, John. (14 January 2015). "Aidan O'Shea has suffered up to seven concussions in career". Examiner.
(2021-09-12). "Mayo 'curse' continues as Tyrone wins All-Ireland football final". ABC News.
(19 October 2013). "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ.
(22 October 2013). "Two changes to Ireland panel ahead of second Test". RTÉ.
(9 September 2008). "Deel Rovers do just enough". The Mayo News.
(29 July 2014). "Sarah and Co make their mark". www.mayonews.ie.
(21 February 2016). "'No {{as written". www.independent.ie.
(17 July 2014). "Rowe's sacrifices earn rich dividend as Girls in Green now focus their attentions on England". www.independent.ie.
(8 August 2024). "Perfect match: Mayo star to tie the knot in Kerry". Hogan Stand.

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