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John McDermott (Gaelic footballer)

Irish Gaelic footballer

Summary

Irish Gaelic footballer

Field	Value
name	John McDermott
irish	Seán Mac Diarmada
county	Meath
code	Football
sport	Gaelic football
province	Leinster
club	Curraha
Skryne
clubs	Curraha
Skryne
clposition	Midfield
counties	Meath
icyears	1991–2001
icprovince	4
icposition	Midfield
icallireland	2
allstars	3
birth_place	Curraha, County Meath

Skryne Skryne |clapps(points) = |icapps(points) = John McDermott is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. He won a number of inter-county football titles, during the 1990s, on the Meath teams managed by Sean Boylan. For Meath, he played in the midfield position.

Playing career

Club

McDermott played club football first for Curraha and later Skryne.

Inter-county

McDermott was on the Meath panel that reached the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. He had to be taken off injured in Meath's surprising first round loss to Laois in 1992. He was lucky not to be sent off in the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

During his playing career, he won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals (1996, 1999), as well as three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals and one National Football League medal. He also won 2 All Star awards. He retired after the 2000 season but returned for the All-Ireland series of the 2001 season.

International rules

As well as playing for Meath, McDermott played in several matches against Australia in the International Rules Series. He was made the captain of the Irish team in 1998 and 1999.

References

Keys, Colm. (8 August 2009). "Thirteen years after infamous Mayo-Meath melee the shockwaves have not yet settled". Irish Independent.

Wikipedia Source

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