Shane Curran is a former Soccer and Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 goalkeeper from Castlerea

Castlerea

Castlerea is located in the west of County Roscommon, Ireland. It is the second largest town in the county with a population of 3,055 . Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea can mean Brindled Castle or King's Castle...

, County Roscommon

County Roscommon

County Roscommon is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the town of Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. He played Gaelic football with Roscommon

Roscommon GAA

For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...

, winning a Connacht Minor Football Championship

Connacht Minor Football Championship

The Connacht Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. Mayo won the inaugural Connacht minor football championship in 1930. Mayo have won...

 medal in 1989, Junior in 2000 and Senior in 2001, he also won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition for junior gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. The definition of what constitutes a junior player differs from county to county. In some, the junior team is the second team after the senior team...

 medal in 2000. He played soccer with Athlone Town also and won a Leinster Senior Cup.
GAA Career achiements
All Star Nominee 2003
GPA player of the month May 2004
Commissioned by Gaelic Athletic Asscoiation (GAA) in 2005 to invent Goalkeeping kicking tee .
Roscommon Senior player of the year 2003. Captained Roscommon 2003/4 .
Athlone town player of the year 1995
Leinster league cup winner 1995
I connaught championship senior medal 2001
1 minor medal 1989
2 county senior medals 2005 /2007
Holds Championship record for been the only goalkeeper in GAA history to score 1 goal and 1 point in a championship match and finish top scorer .(Roscommon v Sligo May 2004 Markievitz Park ,Sligo)Irish

Post GAA Career

Since Shane Curran's career in GAA ended he has set up flood defence company Global Flood Solutions. The company supplies the rapid response flood defence products such as the Big Bag Flood Defence System for which Curran recently secured a €2m export deal The Irish Times 4.1.2011 for which they were interviewed recently by Irish national broadcaster RTE

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...

 on their Radio 1 show The Business hosted by broadcaster George Lee

George Lee (journalist)

George Lee is an Irish economist, journalist, television and radio presenter, and former Fine Gael politician. He worked for RTÉ from 1992 to 2009. He was appointed Economics Editor in 1996. During his time in RTÉ News and Current Affairs he was named Irish Journalist of the Year for uncovering a...

  Shane Curran was also recently interviewed about the Big Bag Solution on Ireland's most popular TV show The Late Late Show hosted by Ryan Tubridy

Ryan Tubridy

Ryan Tubridy , affectionately known as "Tubs", is an Irish broadcaster and writer, a presenter of live shows on radio and television in Ireland. He has been described as "one of Ireland's most gifted broadcasters"...

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