Peter Solan (Gaelic footballer)

Peter Solan, born Peter Michael Anthony Solan in 1929 in Rinnaseer, Islandeady, was a Gaelic football corner forward who played for the Mayo county team and was involved in the county's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship win over Louth in 1950, scoring the first goal in a match that Mayo won by two points. He was involved again in the 1951 All-Ireland campaign, helping Mayo all the way to the final: in the Connacht final against Galway that year he scored 3-1, and he went on to score against Kerry in the semi-final. He was named as a substitute for the final but did not appear in the team photo. Mayo have lost each of the eleven All-Ireland finals they have appeared in since. Solan worked as a civil engineer and was also an accomplished traditional dancer and musician.