Paddy Meegan

Paddy Meegan

Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Miagáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	1922 Syddan, County Meath, Ireland
Died	14 November 2012 (aged 90) Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Syddan
Club titles
Meath titles	3
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1942-1954	Meath	50
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	5
All-Irelands	2
NFL	2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:04, 17 November 2012.

Patrick "Paddy" Meegan (1922 – 14 November 2012) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward for the Meatah senior team.

Meegan made his first appearance for the team during the 1942 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1954 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and two National Football League medals. Meegan was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

At club level Meegan was a three-time county championship medalist with Syddan.

Honours

Team

Syddan

• Meath Senior Football Championship (3): 1951, 1952, 1956
• Meath Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1941

Meath

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2): 1949, 1954
• Leinster Senior Football Championship (5): 1957, 1949, 1951, 1952 (c), 1954
• National Football League (2): 1945-46, 1950-51

Leinster

• Railway Cup (4): 1945, 1952 (c), 1953 (c), 1954

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Séamus Heery	Meath Senior Football Captain 1952	Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Seán Flanagan (Connacht)	Railway Cup Football Final winning captain 1952-1953	Succeeded by Stephen White (Leinster)