Edwin Carolan

Edwin Carolan, who died on 22 January 1982, was a Gaelic footballer from Mullagh who played for the Cavan county team. He was a member of the great Cavan squad that won the 1947 All-Ireland final at the Polo Grounds in New York, and he won a second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal the following year. He is best remembered for scoring the equalising point that earned Cavan a replay in the 1952 All-Ireland final against Meath, which Cavan went on to win. He also won the National Football League in the 1949 to 1950 season, a Sigerson Cup medal with University College Dublin and numerous Railway Cup medals with Ulster. He helped establish the Cavan Gaels club, with which he won a league medal in 1958, and Edwin Carolan Memorial Park is named after him. His brother Pat Carolan also played in the 1952 final.