Johnny Creedon
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Críodáin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left corner-forward
Born 1932
Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
Died 29 March 2019 (aged 86)
Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation Publican
Club(s)
Years Club
 Macroom
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1954-1957
 Cork 9 (2-07)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:40, 12 April 2012.

John Creedon (1932 – 29 March 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Macroom and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.


Career

Creedon first played Gaelic football with Macroom, however, his career coincided with a barren spell for the club in terms of success.[1] He also lined out with the nearby Clondrohid club.[2]

Creedon first played for Cork as a member of the minor team in 1950. He later joined the junior team and was at full-forward when Cork beat Lancashire in the 1953 All-Ireland junior final.[3] This success earned Creedon an immediate call-up to the senior team. He won a National League title in 1956 before winning a Munster SFC title later that season.[4] The ultimate success eluded Creedon as Cork were beaten by Galway in the 1956 All-Ireland final.[5] His performances for Cork also earned inclusion on the Munster team in the Railway Cup.[6] Creedon's emigration brought a sudden end to his Cork career in 1957, however, he later lined out with the New York team.

Personal life and death

Creedon initially worked as a cabinet maker before spending 13 years in New York City. After returning in 1970 he ran the Halfway House pub just outside Macroom.[7]

Creedon died at the Cork University Hospital on 29 March 2019, aged 86.[8]

Honours

Cork

References

  1. ↑ "Club Titles - Cork". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "History and honours". Clondrohid GAA website. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Stockwell's feats span the decades". Irish Independent. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Johnny has happy memories with Cork and Macroom". Evening Echo. 5 July 1982. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "The death has occurred of Johnny Creedon". rip.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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