Edwin Carolan

Edwin Carolan (died 22 January 1982) was a Gaelic footballer for Cavan.

Edwin Carolan
Personal information
Irish name Edwin Ó Cearbhalláin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Occupation Veterinary Inspector
Club(s)
Years Club
 Cavan Gaels
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
 Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles ?
All-Irelands 3
NFL 1

Playing career

A native of Mullagh. He was a member of the great Cavan squad which won the All-Ireland Final in the Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. He won a second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal the following year. But, he is best remembered for scoring the equalising point to earn Cavan a replay in the 1952 All-Ireland Final against Co. Meath, Cavan went on to win the replay. He also won the National Football League in 1949/50 season. His brother Pat Carolan also played in the 1952 Final. He won 1 Sigerson Cup medal with University College Dublin and won numerous Railway Cup medals with Ulster. He helped establish Cavan Gaels and won a 1958 League medal with the town.[1][2][3]

Edwin Carolan Memorial Park is named after him.

gollark: I'm not sure why we did that.
gollark: Although to be honest "geomagnetic" was NOT a very catchy replacement.
gollark: All attempts to halt it have failed.
gollark: Bees were created by an experimental project in late 2019 and have now infected the majority of active members.
gollark: Remove half the configuration, see if it works, if so add back half of it and see if it still works, sort of thing.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2010-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2010-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.