{{Short description|Louth Gaelic footballer (1933–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox GAA player | code= Football | sport = Gaelic football | image = | name = Kevin Beahan | irish = Caoimhín Ó Beacháin | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|4|9}} | birth_place = Ardee, County Louth, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|7|24|1933|4|9}} | death_place = Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland | feet = 5 | inches = 9 | nickname = | occupation = Accountant | county = Louth | province = Leinster | club = St Mary's<br>Naomh Colmcille<br>Seán McDermotts (Dublin) | clposition = | clubs = | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcountyf = 5 | clcountyh = 3 | clprovince= | clallireland = | counties = Louth | icposition = Midfield | icyears = 1953-64 | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 1 | icallireland = 1 | nfl = 0 | allstars = | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Kevin Beahan''' ({{Langx|ga|Caoimhín Ó Beacháin}}; 9 April 1933 – 24 July 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for a number of club sides, including St Mary's, and at inter-county level with the Louth senior football team.
==Career== Beahan first played Gaelic football at St Patrick's Grammar School in Armagh. During his time there he won consecutive Ulster Colleges JFC titles and also lined out in the MacRory Cup. At club level, Beahan won consecutive Louth MFC titles with the St Mary's club in Ardee before later winning five Louth SFC titles. He also experienced success as a hurler, winning three Louth SHC titles with Naomh Colmcille, while he also lined out with the Seán McDermotts club in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/louth/Article/Index/91044|title=A Beahan of light|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=30 November 2007|access-date=24 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>
Beahan's performances for club and college resulted in him being selected for the Louth minor football team and he won a Leinster MFC medal in 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/border-dispute-with-wee-bit-of-history-1.620054|title=Border dispute with wee bit of history|publisher=Irish Times|date=10 July 2010|access-date=24 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> He progressed onto the senior team and was at midfield for the 1–09 to 1–07 defeat of Cork in the 1957 All-Ireland final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/we-were-like-little-and-large-the-late-kevin-beahan-on-his-partnership-with-danno/|title='We were like Little and Large' – the late Kevin Beahan on his partnership with 'Danno'|publisher=LMFM|date=25 July 2022|access-date=25 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> Beahan also lined out with Leinster and was a two-time Railway Cup medallist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P189-195-Lein%E2%80%A6Railway-Cup-F.pdf|title=Leinster Railway Cup Football Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=24 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Death== Beahan died on 24 July 2022, aged 89.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/news/late-louth-gaa-legend-kevin-beahan-was-pure-perfection-on-the-football-pitch-41865047.html|title=Late Louth GAA legend Kevin Beahan was pure perfection on the football pitch|publisher=Irish Independent|date=25 July 2022|access-date=25 July 2022|first=Hubert|last=Murphy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/tributes-pour-in-following-the-death-of-louth-gaa-legend-kevin-beahan/|title=Tributes pour in following the death of Louth GAA legend Kevin Beahan|publisher=LMFM|date=24 July 2022|access-date=24 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Honours== ;St Patrick's Grammar School *Ulster Colleges Junior Football Championship: 1949, 1950
;Naomh Colmcille *Louth Senior Hurling Championship: 1955, 1958, 1960
; Ardee (Minor combination) *Louth Minor Football Championship: 1950, 1951
;St Mary's *Louth Senior Football Championship: 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968 *Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (Senior Football League): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 *Old Gaels Cup: 1955, 1956, 1959
;Seán McDermotts *Dublin Senior Football League: 1957
;Louth *All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1957 *Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1957 *O'Byrne Cup: 1963 *Leinster Minor Football Championship: 1951
;Leinster *Railway Cup: 1959, 1963
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beahan, Kevin}} Category:1933 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Irish accountants Category:Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Category:Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers Category:St Mary's (Louth) Gaelic footballers Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen