Seanie Johnston
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Left Corner Forward | ||
| Born | Cavan, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| -2011 2012-2013 |
Cavan Gaels St Kevin's |
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| Club titles | |||
| Cavan titles | 7 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| DCU | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2004-2011 2012-2013 2016- |
Cavan Kildare Cavan |
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Seanie Johnston is an Irish Gaelic footballer. A player with the Cavan inter-county team,[1][2] Johnston transferred to Kildare in 2012.
Playing career
Club
in Cavan, Johnston played for the Cavan Gaels club,[3] with whom he won 7 Cavan Senior Football Championships in 2001, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, and 09. He also played with Dublin City University and helped them to win their first Sigerson Cup in 2006 and again in 2010.
Inter-county
In January 2012, Kieran McGeeney announced on Kfm that Johnston wanted to transfer to a Kildare club, to become eligible for the Kildare county team. Such transfers are restricted under Rules 6.1 and 6.9 of the GAA's Official Guide.[4][5] Johnston was granted his transfer in summer 2012, making a symbolic "cameo" appearance in a hurling match for Coill Dubh.[6] He struck back at criticism, asserting he wants to play football and live a quiet life in the country.[6] Martin Breheny later compared the fuss over Johnston's transfer with the lack of fuss over Ireland rugby out-half Jonathan Sexton's transfer abroad; Sexton left Ireland for Racing Métro of Paris.[7]
On 15 July 2012, Johnston made his debut for Kildare in an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier against his native Cavan, coming on as a substitute late in the second half and scoring Kildare's final point of the match.[8] On 2 February 2013, he started his first major competitive game for Kildare against All-Ireland champions Donegal in the opening game of the 2013 National Football League.[9][10]
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