Tony Tighe

Anthony Tighe, known as Tony, lived from 1927 to 2005 and was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team. He won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, in 1947, 1948 and 1952. He was eighteen when he played at midfield on the Cavan team that lost the 1945 All-Ireland final to Cork. In the 1947 final, played in New York, he lined out at right half-forward when Cavan beat Kerry and scored a point. He scored two goals in the 1948 final against Mayo and two more from full-forward in the drawn 1952 final against Meath, adding a point in the replay. He also won two National Football League medals, in 1947 and 1949, and two Railway Cup medals with Ulster, in 1950 and 1953. He died at the age of 77 after attending a Cavan game at Roscommon.