Aaron Hoey

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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| name = Aaron Hoey

| irish = Aaron Ó hEochaidh

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| occupation = Garda

| county = Louth

| province = Leinster

| club = St Brides
Naomh Moninne
Knockbridge Hurling Club

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| icposition = Full-back

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Aaron Hoey is a retired Gaelic footballer and hurler from County Louth, Ireland. He played with Louth, St Brides and Knockbridge Hurling Club. He was part of the Louth team that played in the final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship in 2010 where he appeared as a sub, but were beaten in controversial circumstances by Meath.{{cite news|title=Is Aaron Hoey Louth's Greatest player of all time?|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Forum/MessagePage.aspx?TopicID=9723|accessdate=14 May 2011|newspaper=Hogan Stand|date=4 September 2008}}{{cite news|title=Hoey chooses referee path|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=142056|accessdate=14 May 2011|newspaper=Hogan Stand|date=10 February 2011}}

Hoey was a member of the Garda College side that lost the Final of the 1998/99 Sigerson Cup to Tralee IT.{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/remarkable-tralee-make-their-mark-1.160630|title=Remarkable Tralee make their mark| work=Irish Times|date=8 March 1999}}

In 2002, Hoey scored 1–07 in the semi-final of the Louth Senior Football Championship against Dundalk Gaels, helping St Bride's to reach their first county senior final in almost sixty years.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/othersports/brides/26918071.html|title=Brides|work=The Argus|date=16 August 2002}} Mattock Rangers proved too strong in the final, as St Bride's lost out by three points despite Hoey contributing 0–10.{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golden-day-for-mattock-rangers-1.1095529|title=Golden day for Mattock Rangers | work=Irish Times|date=16 September 2002}}

At the age of 43, he appeared as a substitute in the final of the 2020 Louth Intermediate Football Championship, scoring 0–01 as St Bride's defeated Kilkerley Emmets.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/sport/super-saints-bridge-that-gap-39575709.html| work = The Argus| title = Super Saints 'bridge that gap| date = 3 October 2020}}

In addition to his football achievements, Hoey won several Louth Senior Hurling Championship and League medals with Dundalk side Naomh Moninne and later Knockbridge Hurling Club.{{cite news|title=Moninne Had No Answer To Tones' Superior Play|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=17 August 1996}}{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/county/louth/article/index/47848|title=Hoey Aaron|work=Hogan Stand|date=1 May 2002}}{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/othersports/knockbridge-retain-league-to-do-double/26924811.html| work = The Argus| title = Knockbridge retain league to do double| date = 27 October 2000}}