Ballinrobe GAA and LGFA pay tribute to former player Seamus Langan

BALLINROBE GAA and LGFA have paid tribute to their former player, Seamus Langan, who was laid to rest in Ennis, Co Clare over the weekend.

A native of The Farm, Ballinrobe, Mr Langan won Colleran and Flanagan Cup titles with Ballinrobe CBS and was a member of the club team that won the 1958 Mayo Junior Football Championship title.

The first county final versus Charlestown was abandoned due to the sudden death of a Charlestown player’s father on the sideline; the second clash was a draw; and Ballinrobe finally won the third meeting in December.

Mr Langan played in the first two finals, but injury ruled him out of the decisive third game. That injury later ended his football career, but he retained a strong interest in the fortunes of our club and Mayo teams.

The Langan family has been strongly associated with Ballinrobe GAA since the 1920s. Seamus Langan’s niece Irene, and her son Eoin, are prominent members of the club currently. His father John, a Ballinrobe GAA Hall of Fame member, played on the first club team to win the Mayo Junior Championship title in 1934.

“Seamus was a reliable player, very solid,” said club historian and Seamus’s former playing colleague, Michael Coyne.

“He played a lot of football in goal, and you could depend on him. We remained friends long after he moved away from Ballinrobe – ironically, both of us got married on the same day in 1966. Seamus’s brother Dick played full-back on the first club team to win the O’Mara Cup – the 1955 final, which was actually played in 1956.”

Seamus Langan spent most of his career in An Garda Síochána stationed at the Immigration Department at Shannon Airport.

He is predeceased by his parents John and Mary, brothers Dick, Paddy and Martin, Seamus is sadly missed by his loving wife Maureen, daughter Anne, sons John, Patrick and James, son-in-law Dermot Ryan, daughters-in-law Maria, Eilish and Fiona, grandchildren Cian, Donnacha, Elliott, Fionn, Kelvin, Rachel, Caoimhin, Daniel, Amiee, Mollie, Hazel and Darragh, great-grandson Kai, brother Seán, sisters Kathleen and Mary, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours, colleagues and a wide circle of friends.

May he rest in peace.