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Sean Boylan- Meath Legend

Sean Boylan, a hurler by trade, went on to be one of the greatest managers in Gaelic football.

His successful management career with Meath that lasted over 23 years resulted in 4 All Ireland titles for the Royal County.

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Sean Boylan honours

Boylan coached the Ireland team against Australia in the 2006 International Rules Series in two games in Pearse Stadium, Salthill, Galway and Croke Park, Dublin in October 2006. Australia won the series by 30 points but the game was overshadowed by violent incidents in the first quarter of the second test match, including a serious injury sustained by Graham Geraghty. He also admitted that he brought his players off at the end of the first quarter in protest and did not want them to return, later saying "I said I'd do it. Only the players themselves changed my mind. They said they wanted to go out and give it a go, they wanted to play football."

Boylan coached the international side again in 2008. Ireland won on an aggregate score of 102-97.

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Sean the herbalist

Sean is a herbalist by profession. The herbal medicine tradition in the Boylan family was brought to Dunboyne by his ancestor, also called Sean Boylan. The four remedies traditionally in the family were expanded by Sean's father after he was injured in the War of Independence and given only a year to live. This prompted him to make a further study of herbal medicine.

Sean runs a successful herbal clinic in Dunboyne where poeple from all over Ireland attend.

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Breakthrough 1986

Sean took over mangement of the meath team in 1983. His appointment was a surprise as he himself was a hurler. The Meath team hadn't won any trophies in years, and the team was lacking moral. By 1986 Meath had one the Leinster football title. From this platform he managed the team to All ireland glory in 1987.

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Famous replays

Sean's teams were involved with many famous replays, against Kildare and Dublin. The matches against Dublin were a famous episode with the teams playing 3 replays of the first round of the Leinster championship first round.

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More replays- Meath V Mayo

Another famous replay was the 1996 All Ireland final. Colm Coyle's last minute point in the first match secured a replay of the the final.

meath went on to win replay by 1 point.

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Sean went away....

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The End

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