Shane Lennon

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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| name = Shane Lennon

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| birth_place = County Louth

| birth_date = c. 1985

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| county = Louth

| province = Leinster

| club = Kilkerley Emmets

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| icposition = Full-forward

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Shane Lennon is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer from County Louth, Ireland. He played with the Louth county team and his local club side Kilkerley Emmets. He lined out at full-forward for the Louth team in the final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship in 2010, as they lost in controversial circumstances to Meath.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/news/refs-rush-of-blood-robs-louth/27147850.html|title=Ref's rush of blood robs Louth| work=Drogheda Independent|date=14 July 2010}} He helped Louth win a Tommy Murphy Cup, two National League titles and an O'Byrne Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/louth-reveal-touch-of-class-1.1043963|title=Louth reveal touch of class|date=28 August 2006|work=Irish Times}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/wee-glee-as-brave/26382223.html|title= Wee glee as brave|work=Irish Independent|date=1 May 2006}}

During his inter-county playing career, Lennon was appointed county Games Development Manager by Louth GAA. He departed this role in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/gaa/louth-gaa-delegates-ratify-new-stadium-committee-involving-officials-from-croke-park/a271318280.html|title=Louth GAA delegates ratify new stadium committee involving officials from Croke Park

|date=13 September 2023|work=The Argus}}

He scored the winning point for UCD in the final of the 2006 Dublin Senior Football Championship against St Vincent's.

{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/last-gasp-lennon-point-scuttles-vincents-title-ambitions/26354137.html|title=Last-gasp Lennon point scuttles Vincent's title ambitions|date=7 November 2006|work=Irish Independent}}