Eugene Callanan
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| Native name | Eoghan Ó Callanáin (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Nudge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 1897[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 July 1983 (aged 85) College Road, Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Medical doctor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eugene Thaddeus Callanan (14 November 1897 – 3 July 1983) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Collegians and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.
Career
[edit]Callanan first came to sporting prominence during his student days at University College Cork. As a dual player, he won both Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup medals with UCC's college teams, as well as consecutive County Football Championship titles in 1927-1928. Callanan also lined out with the Cork senior football team at various times between 1918 and 1929. He was part of the team that won the Munster Championship in 1928.[2][3] Callanan later lined out with the Valley Rovers club in Innishannon.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Raised in Glasheen, Cork, Callanan was a member of a family that was well known in local government circles with the Cork County Council. As a medical student at University College Cork he interrupted his studies to join the Irish Republican Army and figured prominently during several successful ambushes.[5] Callanan was appointed Medical Officer to the Innishannon area and later resided in Bandon where he also practiced.
Callanan died at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork on 3 July 1983.
Honours
[edit]- University College Cork
- Cork Senior Football Championship: 1927, 1928
- Sigerson Cup: 1919, 1926, 1928
- Fitzgibbon Cup: 1922, 1925, 1928
- Cork
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish Genealogy". IrishGenealogy.ie website. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Senior Football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Controversy and disagreements along the way but 1928 ended with Kildare as the first winners of Sam Maguire Cup". The Kildare Nationalist. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Valley Rovers and the Irish Volunteers". Valley Rovers GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "The Fighting Men Of West Cork". RTÉ Archives. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.