James McCartan Jnr

James McCartan Jnr is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player from Tullylish, County Down, who played senior football for Down between 1990 and 2000. He was a corner forward noted for his speed, swerving runs at the defence and scoring ability, and the son of the Down great James McCartan, who won three All-Ireland medals in the 1960s. He won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals with Down in 1991 and 1994, when he was named man of the match in the final, along with two Ulster Senior Football Championships and two All Star awards, and earlier won Ulster and All-Ireland minor titles. He also played for Ulster, winning the Railway Cup, and for the Ireland international rules team in 1990. After retiring he managed Queen's University to the Sigerson Cup in 2007 and took charge of the Down senior team from 2009 to 2014, reaching the 2010 All-Ireland final.