Seán Armstrong

Seán Armstrong, born on 20 March 1986, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Galway. He played his club football with Salthill-Knocknacarra and played inter-county football for Galway from 2005 to 2014, a span of ten years. He was a key part of the Galway team that won the All-Ireland Under-21 title in 2005, when he and Michael Meehan scored 6-3 between them in the final victory over Down. At club level he won two Galway Senior Football Championships, a Connacht Senior Club Football Championship and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. He also won a Railway Cup medal with Connacht in 2014. Armstrong announced his retirement from inter-county football on 17 December 2014 at the age of 28, citing a loss of his love of the game, and he works as a teacher at St Mary's College.