Longford's Niall Sheridan NAME: Niall Sheridan DATE OF BIRTH: 19-3-77 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 15st 5lbs CLUB: Abbeylara COUNTY: Longford NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): North Leinster Colleges champions (St. Mels) 1994; Leinster Colleges champions 1994 (St. Mels) Longford ; Longford Intermediate champions 1994; Cavan College of Further Education Div 3 All-Ireland champions; Under 14 League 1991; Under 16 Championship 1993 NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Cavan League champions 1996 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Against Wicklow, Div 4 National League October 1995 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: My next one FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Dr Cullen Park, Carlow HOBBIES: Basketball, soccer, swimming, snooker, darts FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Peter Canavan (Tyrone); Paul Curran (Dublin); Dessie Farrell (Dublin); Dessie Barry (Longford) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Declan Rowney (trainer, St. Mels); Dessie Dolan (Longford trainer); Eamon Coleman and my father Tommy Sheridan, my mother Antoinette THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Leinster Colleges medal in 1994 with St. Mels. Playing in Leinster Championship 1996 with Longford BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing 2 Leinster semi-finals in 1995, Leinster Minor v Westmeath, Leinster Colleges v Good Counsel, Wexford OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Shane McGettigan (Leitrim); Enda Ledwith (Longford); Trevor Smullen (Longford); Philip O'Hara (Longford); Cathal Keane (Westmeath), Mark McGurran (Cavan) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Upgrading of refereeing standards, more coaching at underage level DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Their strong objections to professionalism in the organisation DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Uncles, cousins and my girlfriend Fiona. Far too many names to mention PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Eric Cantona FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'As useful as tits on a bull' FAVOURITE MUSIC: Beatles, Oasis, Aerosmith FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart, Shawshank Redemption IDEAL DATE: Sandra Bullock and Demi Moore together HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Winning an All-Ireland medal with Longford as captain Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 2nd August 1996 Vol 6 No 31 Tweet

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