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John Owens
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó hEoghain
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-back
Born	1966; Loughinisland, County Down, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Loughinisland; Connemara Gaels; Moyle Rovers; Allen Gaels
Club titles
Tipperary titles	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1985-1986; 1991; 1992-1997	Tipperary; Leitrim; Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	0

John Owens (born 1966) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Tipperary and Leitrim county teams.^[1]

Born in Loughinisland, County Down, Owens first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at St Colman's College and Clonmel High School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Leitrim and minor team before later joining the Tipperary minor, under-21 and junior sides. He joined the Tipperary senior panel during the 1985 championship. Owens subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen while he also lined out with the Leitrim senior team.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions Owens never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a five-time championship medallist with Moyle Rovers. Owens began his career with Loughinisland while he also won a championship medal with Allen Gaels.^{[citation needed]}

Owens retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1997 championship.^{[citation needed]}

In retirement from playing Owens became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as senior manager of the Tipperary and Waterford county teams.^[2]^[3]

Honours

Player

Allen Gaels

Leitrim Senior Football Championship (1): 1991

Moyle Rovers

Tipperary Senior Football Championship (5): 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000

Tipperary

Munster Minor Football Championship (1): 1984

References

^ "John Owens". Hogan Stand. 14 May 1993. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
^ "Tipp appoint Owens". Hogan Stand. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
^ "Owens is new Waterford football boss". Hogan Stand. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2015.