Kearins to be honoured with plaque in Scarden
SLIGO GAA County Board are delighted to mark the Golden Jubilee of Micheál Kearins achievement of being the National Gaelic Football leading Inter-County scorer in 1968 by unveiling a plaque in his honour in the foyer of the Sligo GAA Centre of Excellence, Scarden, this Friday at 7pm.
In 1968 Micheál Kearins was the leading scorer and ace-marksman at Senior Inter-County football with a princely total of 2 goals and 125 points which was a comfortable 31 points ahead of Down’s Sean O’Neill 12 goals and 64 points. This was a tremendous accomplishment for a player who did not see the green of Croke Park that year, and it showed the scoring ability, skill and finesse that Micheál Kearins brought to our game. Hopefully this well-deserved Micheál Kearins Plaque situated in the Sligo G.A.A. Centre of Excellence, will encourage and inspire young Sligo footballers to stand for a brief moment and appreciate the career of one of the finest footballers of his generation, and Sligo’s only member of the GAA hall of fame in Croke Park.
Summary of Micheál Kearins Gaelic Football achievements. (Naomh Pádraig agus Slighigh) 1. Sligo SF Team 1961-1978 2. All-Star Award 1971 3. Connacht SFC medal 1975 4. 2 Interprovincial Railway Cup medals 1967, 1969
5. 7 Sligo SFC medals
6. Top Scorer in Ireland 1968, 1972
7. Connacht Team of the Millennium 2000
8. Inducted into GAA Hall of Fame, Croke Park 2014
The Micheál Kearins plaque will be unveiled by Uachtarán C.L.G. Co. Shligigh Tomás Mac Giolla Chadhain.