John McDermott (Gaelic footballer)

John McDermott is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who played at midfield for the Meath county team and won a string of inter-county titles in the 1990s under the manager Sean Boylan. He played his club football first with Curraha and later with Skryne. He was on the Meath panel that reached the 1991 All-Ireland senior final, and he won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, in 1996 and 1999, along with three Leinster titles and one National Football League medal and two All Star awards. He also played several matches for Ireland against Australia in the International Rules Series and captained the Irish team in 1998 and 1999. He retired after the 2000 season but came back for the All-Ireland series of 2001.