# Gabriel Irwin

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Mayo Gaelic football goalkeeper

Gabriel Irwin Personal information Native name Gaibriél Ó hEireamhóin (Irish) Born (1965-07-01) 1 July 1965 (age 61)[1] Glenamoy, County Mayo, Ireland Occupation Sales rep Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Sport Sport Gaelic football Position Goalkeeper Club Years Club Glenamoy Club titles Mayo titles 0 College Years College Sligo Regional Technical College College titles Sigerson titles 0 Inter-county Years County 1985–1993 Mayo Inter-county titles Connacht titles 5 All-Irelands 0 NFL 0 All Stars 1

**Gabriel Irwin** (born 1 July 1965) is an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) former sportsman. He played [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) with his local club [Glenamoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenamoy_GAA&action=edit&redlink=1) and was a member of the senior [Mayo county team](/source/Mayo_county_football_team) from 1983 until 1990.

## Career

A shortage of underage activity in [Glenamoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenamoy_GAA&action=edit&redlink=1) resulted in Irwin first playing competitive [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) as a schoolboy with Lacken Cross Vocational School. Here he won consecutive Mayo VSSFC titles as well as a Connacht VSSFC title. Irwin also earned inclusion on the Mayo vocational schools' team and won an [All-Ireland VSSFC](/source/All-Ireland_Vocational_Schools_Championship#Football_Roll_of_Honour) title in 1982. He later won a Freshers' Cup title with [Sligo Regional Technical College](/source/Sligo_Regional_Technical_College).[2]

Irwin first appeared for [Mayo](/source/Mayo_GAA) as a member of the [minor team](/source/All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship) in 1983, after being overlooked the year before. He was also drafted onto the under-21 team that year and won an [All-Ireland U21FC](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship) medal.[3] Irwin's four-year tenure with the under-21 also resulted in four successive [Connacht U21FC](/source/Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship) medals. He joined the [senior team](/source/Mayo_senior_football_team) as reserve goalkeeper in 1985. Irwin later made the starting fifteen and was in goal when Mayo suffered a defeat by [Cork](/source/Cork_GAA) in the [1989 All-Ireland final](/source/1989_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final).[4] His performances throughout the season earned him an [All-Star](/source/GAA_All_Stars_Awards).[5] Irwin left the inter-county scene in 1993, by which time he had also claimed five [Connacht SFC](/source/Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship) medals.[6]

## Honours

**Lacken Cross Vocational School**

- Connacht Vocational Schools Senior Football Championship: 1982

- Mayo Vocational Schools Senior Football Championship: 1982, 1983

- Connacht Vocational Schools Junior Football Championship: 1980

**Sligo Regional Technical College**

- Higher Education Special Freshers Championship: 1984

**Mayo**

- [Connacht Senior Football Championship](/source/Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship): [1985](/source/1985_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship), [1988](/source/1988_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship), [1989](/source/1989_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship), [1992](/source/1992_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship), [1993](/source/1993_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship#Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship)

- [All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship): [1983](/source/1983_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship)

- [Connacht Under-21 Football Championship](/source/Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship): [1983](/source/1983_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship#Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship), [1984](/source/1984_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship#Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship), [1985](/source/1985_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship#Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship), [1986](/source/1986_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship#Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship)

- [All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Vocational_Schools_Championship#Football_Roll_of_Honour): 1982

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Player profiles"](https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document). The Connacht Tribune. 15 September 1989. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gabriel Irwin"](https://hoganstand.com/Mayo/Article/Index/79983). Hogan Stand. 9 April 1993. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Band of Mayo brothers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221123151837/https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/5302-band-of-mayo-brothers). The Mayo News. Archived from [the original](https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/5302-band-of-mayo-brothers) on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Twenty years on from THAT game"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221123150311/https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/6894-twenty-years-on-from-that-game). The Mayo News. Archived from [the original](https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/6894-twenty-years-on-from-that-game) on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Mayo face year without Burke after knee injury"](https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10098770.html). Irish Examiner. 26 June 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Where are they now? Gabriel Irwin (Former Mayo footballer)"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/where-are-they-now-gabriel-irwin-former-mayo-footballer-26756887.html). Irish Independent. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

Mayo panels v t e Mayo – 1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Champions (3rd title) 1 G. Irwin 2 P. Ford 3 J. Maughan 4 E. Gibbons 5 J. McNabb 6 M. Feeney 7 J. Finn 8 G. Geraghty 9 S. Maher 10 P. Brogan 11 J. Lindsay 12 N. Durkin 13 B. Kilkelly 14 T. Grogan 15 P. Duffy Subs used K. McStay for J. Lindsay M. Kerins for T. Grogan v t e Mayo – 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up 1 G. Irwin 2 J. Browne 3 P. Ford 4 D. Flanagan 5 M. Collins 6 T. J. Kilgallon 7 J. Finn 8 S. Maher 9 L. McHale 10 G. Maher 11 W. J. Padden 12 N. Durkin 13 M. Fitzmaurice 14 J. Burke 15 K. McStay Subs used 18 A. Finnerty for J. Burke 20 R. Dempsey for S. Maher 22 B. Kilkelly for G. Maher Subs not used 16 E. Lavin 17 D. Kearney 19 M. Feeney 21 M. Carney 23 P. Holmes 24 T. Grady Manager J. O'Mahony

All Stars v t e 1989 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 G. Irwin 2 J. Browne 3 G. Hargan 4 D. Flanagan 5 C. Murphy 6 C. Counihan 7 T. Davis 8 T. McCarthy 9 W. J. Padden 10 D. Barry 11 L. Tompkins 12 N. Durkin 13 P. McGrath 14 E. McKenna 15 T. McManus v t e Mayo All Stars Mayo has 54 All Stars, as of 2021. 33 different players have won, as of 2021. Lee Keegan won five All Stars, while Colm Boyle won four. denotes that a player also won Footballer of the Year that season. 1971: Johnny Carey 1979: Joe McGrath 1985: Dermot Flanagan, Willie Joe Padden, Kevin McStay 1989: Gabriel Irwin, Jimmy Browne, Dermot Flanagan2nd, Willie Joe Padden2nd, Noel Durkin 1992: T. J. Kilgallon 1993: Kevin O'Neill 1996: Kenneth Mortimer, Pat Holmes, James Nallen, Liam McHale, James Horan 1997: Kenneth Mortimer2nd, Pat Fallon 1999: James Horan2nd 2004: James Nallen2nd, Ciarán McDonald 2006: Alan Dillon, Conor Mortimer 2011: Andy Moran 2012: Ger Cafferkey, Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Alan Dillon2nd 2013: Keith Higgins2nd, Lee Keegan2nd, Colm Boyle, Aidan O'Shea 2014: Keith Higgins3rd, Colm Boyle2nd, Cillian O'Connor 2015: Lee Keegan3rd, Aidan O'Shea2nd 2016: David Clarke, Brendan Harrison, Lee Keegan 4th, Colm Boyle3rd 2017: David Clarke2nd, Chris Barrett, Keith Higgins3rd Colm Boyle4th, Aidan O'Shea3rd, Andy Moran 2nd 2019: Paddy Durcan 2020: Oisín Mullin, Cillian O'Connor2nd 2021: Lee Keegan5th, Matthew Ruane, Ryan O'Donoghue

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