Seamus Downey is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Lavey club and the Derry county team in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000, retiring from inter-county football in 2000. He was part of the Derry side that won the 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, scoring a goal in the final against Cork, in a match where his brother Henry captained the winning team. His county honours also include three Ulster Senior Football Championships, won in 1987, 1993 and 1998, and three National Football League Division 1 titles, won in 1992, 1995 and 1996. With his club he won an All-Ireland club championship in 1991. Taken together, his honours list runs to eight titles across county and club football, which places him among the most decorated Derry players of the period covered by the sources.
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Seamus Downey is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Lavey club and the Derry county team in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000.
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He retired from inter-county football in 2000.
Honours, county: Ulster, League and All-Ireland; club: All-Ireland club
3 Ulster Senior Football Championship 1987 1993 1998
Competed In: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Lead, 1993 All-Ireland final
Downey was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side where he scored a goal in the final against Cork.
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