Alan Keane (Gaelic footballer)

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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|irish = Alan Ó Cathain

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|birth_place = Galway, Ireland

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|sport = Gaelic Football

|code = Football

|county = Galway

|province = Connacht

|club = Killererin

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Alan Keane is an inter-county Gaelic football goalkeeper for Galway. He has battled with Brian O'Donoghue for the position of first choice goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/2006/06/21/story31590.asp |title=BANK OF IRELAND CONNACHT SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMI-FINAL |accessdate=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622084215/http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/2006/06/21/story31590.asp |archivedate=2011-06-22 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0729/westmeath.html |title=Westmeath battle past Galway|accessdate=2008-04-06 }} {{Dead link|date=April 2014|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}

Playing career

He made his debut for Galway in 2001 and has won 3 Connacht Senior Football Championship medals and 1 All-Ireland. He was called into the playing squad with no former inter-county experience at under age. He has also won Galway senior medals with his club and represented Connacht in the railway cup.{{fact|date=June 2020}}

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