Denis Mehigan

Denis Mehigan, born on 15 April 1890 and died on 6 September 1959, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. He made his first appearance for Cork in the 1912 championship and was a regular in the starting fifteen until he retired after the 1916 championship. He was captain of the Cork senior team once but enjoyed little success during his inter-county career. At club level he was a multiple county championship medallist with Lees. He came from a family with a strong association with Gaelic games: his older brother Mick captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1911, another brother, Paddy, played hurling and football for Cork and London and became a pioneering Gaelic games journalist, and a great-grandnephew, Owen Sexton, played for Cork in the 2000s.