Eugene Sheelan

Eugene Sheelan (1949 to 2012) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder and forward for the Louth senior football team. He made his senior inter-county debut in 1969 and for the next decade was a regular for Louth. In 1973 he scored a decisive goal as Louth defeated Dublin in a second round replay of the Leinster Senior Football Championship. In club football he lined out for his local team St Patrick's, and because he was based in Dublin for work he eventually transferred to Garda before moving to the Civil Service club, where he won a Dublin Senior Football Championship medal in 1980 alongside his Louth team-mate Benny Gaughran. His honours include a Leinster Under-21 Football Championship in 1970, a Louth Junior Football Championship in 1972 and the Ranafast Cup in 1966. He died suddenly at his home in Glebemount, Wicklow on 27 August 2012.