Andy Whelan
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Andy Whelan was a footballer from County Laois.
He was a native of the Kildare border village of Jamestown, near Ballybrittas.
He played as goalkeeper when Laois won the Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Kildare in 1946.[1]
Laois didn't win the Leinster Senior Football Championship again until 2003 when Mick O'Dwyer led them to victory and another Ballybrittas native, Fergal Byron was goalkeeper.
References
- ^ "Leinster Senior Football Finalists". Leinster GAA (2000). Retrieved on 26 February 2019.
Further reading
- Laois GAA Yearbook Leinster Express, 1999
- Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000 Tom Ryall, 2000
- Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games Raymond Smith, 1999