Columba Cryan

Columba Cryan
Personal information
Irish name Columba Ó Croidheáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1929 (1929)
Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Irish Free State
Died (aged 94)
Ballinamore,, County Leitrim, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
 Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's
Club titles
Leitrim titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1950-1962
 Leitirm
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

Thomas Columba Cryan (1929 – 5 May 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's and at inter-county level with the Leitrim senior football team.

Playing career

Educated at Blackrock College in Dublin, Cryan first played Gaelic football with the Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's club.[1] He captained the team to the Leitrim SFC title in 1956.[2]

Cryan first played for Leitrim as a member of the minor team in 1947. He progressed to the junior team and won a Connacht JFC medal in 1952. Cryan was part of the Leitrim senior football team that lost four consecutive Connacht SFC finals to Galway from 1957 to 1961. He was also a sub on the Connacht team that won back-to-back Railway Cup titles in 1957 and 1958. Cryan ended his inter-county career by claiming a second Connacht JFC medal in 1962.[3]

Death

Cryan died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 94.[4]

Honours

Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's
Leitrim

References

  1. ^ "Columba Cryan Class of 1947". Rock Union website. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslins and Leitrim GAA mourn passing of Columba Cryan". Leitrim Live. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Columba reflects on golden era". Leitrim Live. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Leitrim legend Columba Cryan passes away". Hogan Stand. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.