| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ciarán Ó Síocháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born | (1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (age 34) Farran,Cork | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2007–2013 2019– | Éire Óg | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2010–2013 2020–2021 | Cork | 11 (0–16) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 00:46, 5 July 2011. | |||
Ciarán Sheehan (born 19 November 1990) is an Irish sportsman. Sheehan playedGaelic football andhurling with his local clubÉire Óg, his divisional sideMuskerry, and was a member of theCork senior football team from 2010 until 2013.[1] He signed a two-year contract to playAustralian rules football with theCarlton Football Club in 2013, later returning to Ireland.
Born inFarran,County Cork, Sheehan was educated at Scoil Naomh Mhuire Fearann in the village before later attending Coachford Community College for 3 years and thenColáiste Choilm in nearbyBallincollig. Here he played on the school football team, winning Cork colleges and Munster honours in all grades. Sheehan later attendedCork Institute of Technology, where he studied services engineering.[2] As of 2022, Sheehan was working for a renewable energy research company inCork.[3]
Sheehan has played his club hurling and football with theÉire Óg club. After progressing through various juvenile grades, he played as adual player for the club in the minor grades. In 2006, he won aCork Minor A Football Championship with the club, following a victory overMitchelstown GAA.
Two years later, Sheehan added aCork Minor A Hurling Championship medal to his collection after defeatingErin's Own in the final.
By 2008, Sheehan had become a key forward on the Éire Óg's junior football team.[citation needed] He won a Mid Cork title that year following a one-goal victory overDripsey. Sheehan's side later claimed theCork Junior Football Championship following a 1–8 to 1–5 defeat ofBallygarvan.[4]
In 2019, he won aCork Premier Intermediate Football Championship after his return from Australia.
Sheehan first played forCork with the county's minor football team in 2007. That year he won aMunster Minor Football Championship title following a 1–16 to 2–8 defeat ofKerry.[5]
By 2008, Sheehan had made it onto the Cork minor hurling team. He added aMunster Minor Hurling Championship title to his collection following a one-point defeat ofTipperary.[6]
Sheehan subsequently joined the Cork under-21 panels in both codes. In 2009, he won aMunster Under-21 Football Championship title following a 1–9 to 2–5 defeat ofTipperary.[7] Cork later playedDown in an All-Ireland final. It took a late goal fromColm O'Driscoll to secure a 1–13 to 2–9 victory for Cork and anAll-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship medal for Sheehan.[8]
In 2009, Sheehan won aMunster Junior Football Championship title, following a 1–21 to 0–13 defeat ofClare.[9] Sheehan, however, did not play any part in Cork's subsequentAll-Ireland Junior Football Championship victory.
After a quiet season in 2010, Sheehan secured a second Munster under-21 football title in 2011 following a 2–24 to 0–8 win over Kerry. Cork were subsequently installed as the favourites to take the All-Ireland title once again, however, Sheehan's side were defeated byGalway.
Sheehan made his senior debut for Cork when he came on as a substitute againstDublin in aNational League game in 2010. By the end of the campaign he had established himself at full-forward and went on to win a National League title with a 1–17 to 0–12 defeat ofMayo in the final.[10] Sheehan later made his championship debut in a drawn Munster semi-final with Kerry. Cork lost the replay but qualified for the All-Ireland final via the qualifiers.Down provided the opposition and a tight game developed on a wet day. Sheehan chipped in with a point as Cork won by 0–16 to 0–15.[11] It was Sheehan's firstAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship winners' medal and Cork's first championship title in twenty years.
In 2011, Cork retained their status as National League champions following a 0–21 to 2–14 defeat ofDublin in the final.[12] It was Sheehan's second winners' medal in that competition. He later lined out in his first Munster final, however, Kerry retained their provincial title with a 1–15 to 1–12 victory.[13] Sheehan's season came to an end in that game as he tore his cruciate ligament early in the second half.[14]
He played twice forIreland againstAustralia in the2013 International Rules Series.[15][16] Sheehan was awarded the Player of the Series title for his efforts in the Irish record victory.[17]
| Ciarán Sheehan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ciarán Sheehan | ||
| Draft | 60 (2013 AFL Rookie Draft) | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014–2017 | Carlton | 6 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
In November 2013, Sheehan signed to playAustralian rules football for professionalAustralian Football League clubCarlton, on a two-year contract from January 2014.[18] Sheehan had previously trialed with Carlton during 2009 without signing a contract, but re-opened discussions with the club following the 2013 International Rules series.[19] Sheehan joined fellow Gaelic footballersZach Tuohy ofLaois andCiarán Byrne ofLouth, both at Carlton.[18] After playing for Carlton'sVFL-affiliate, theNorthern Blues, for much of his first season, Sheehan made his senior debut for Carlton on 9 August 2014 againstGold Coast.[19] He played the last four games of the 2014 season and won the award as Carlton's best first year player for the season.[20] However, recurring hamstring injuries hampered the rest of his career, and he managed only two more senior games over the next three years before being delisted at the end of 2017.[21]
Sheehan returned to Ireland and theCork senior football team in 2020. He retired from inter-county football in 2021.[22] As of 2021, he was still playing club football with Éire Óg,[3] and he was named aselector for Cork's U20 football team in 2022.[23]
While playing football with Éire Óg, Sheehan "switched" toRussell Rovers for club hurling in 2023.[24] He was captain of the Russell Rovers team that won the2024 Cork Premier Junior Hurling Championship.[25]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2014 | Carlton | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | Carlton | 47 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Carlton | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |
| Career | 6 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 69 | 14 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | ||
Former Cork footballer Ciarán Sheehan will play his hurling with premier junior side Russell Rovers [..] The transfer only relates to hurling