Séamus McGuinness

Not to be confused with Jim McGuinness.

Séamus McGuinness
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1930
Rush, County Dublin, Ireland
Died 6 January 2008 (aged 77)
Rush, County Dublin, Ireland
Nickname Jim
Club(s)
Years Club
1946–1960
 St Maur's
Club titles
Dublin titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1950–1958
 Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1

Séamus "Jim" McGuinness (1930 – 6 January 2008) was an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Dublin county team spanned eight seasons from 1950 to 1958.[1][2][3]

McGuinness made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he was selected for the Dublin junior team. He played one championship season with the junior team, culminating with the winning of a Leinster medal in 1949. McGuinness subsequently joined the Dublin senior team during the 1950–51 league. During his career he won one Leinster medal and one National Football League medal. He retired from inter-county football due to injury in 1958.

He was not fully fit on the day of the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[4]

Honours

St Maur's
Dublin

References

  1. ^ "Honour for Rush GAA legend – the mighty Seamus McGuinness". Irish Independent. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Seamus McGuinness – a prince among footballers". Irish Independent. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Rush mourns loss of a GAA legend". Irish Independent. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ Keys, Colm (31 August 2019). "When Kerry put a spanner in the Dublin 'machine': The 1955 All-Ireland pitted a revolutionary Dubs outfit against old-style Kerry values". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 31 August 2019.