Westmeath's Cathal Keane NAME: Cathal Keane DATE OF BIRTH: 21-12-77 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: Rosemount COUNTY: Westmeath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland Minor 1995. Club - Senior League 1996, Under 21 Premier 1998 NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Underage sprint and long distance county champion INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: 1997 v Derry in NFL Championship v Carlow 1998 (scored 0-3) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Fergal Murray - Athlone, Kenny McKinley - St Lomans FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park; Cusack Park, Mullingar HOBBIES: Soccer, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Corner or full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Peter Canavan, Maurice Fitzgerald INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Uncle Joe Keane - underage coach; Luke Dempsey - county minor coach in 1995 THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: 1995 All-Ireland Minor BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing County Senior Final 1995, losing first round to Dublin Under 21 1998 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: John Keane - brother and centre back with county minors in 1998. John Paul Casey - Castledaly club and county Under 21 WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Cut out persistent fouling, pay refs better and coach them better DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Persistent fouling and getting away with it. Refs with their own rules DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: John (minor) and David (senior) brothers, play with Westmeath. Declan Keane - midfield for club (cousin) PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Pamela Anderson PET HATES: Bad pints of cider, ignorant people FAVOURITE MUSIC: Counting Crows, Smashing Pumpkins FAVOURITE FILM: Basketball Diaries IDEAL DATE: Pamela Anderson HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Cathal's funeral was a great session! On first Westmeath team to win Senior All-Ireland Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 2nd October 1998 Vol 8 No 40 Tweet

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