Twins in League of Ireland

[bluemovie]

I'm writing something about Brian and Shane Nolan for the next Blues programme as we're playing Wexford. They're twin brothers: Brian plays with us, Shane with Youths (they're also younger brothers of Ireland international Eddie). Brian has come on as a sub a good bit recently and Shane usually starts for Wexford so they're likely to play against each other next week which must be a rare occurrence (Brian was ill when we played in Ferrycarrig).

Can anyone think of any other twins who have played in the League? I can think of plenty of brothers, but not twins.

[Quayman]

Where the Geoghegans twins or just brothers?

[Martinho II]

Where the Geoghegans twins or just brothers?
brothers declan was the eldest..

[Trainee]

barry and jason moran

[deja]

Twins Derek and Kenneth Shevlin played for Drogheda United in the late 90's. It was when Martin Lawlor was manager I think.

[SkStu]

either of them anything to former Bohs man Anthony Shevlin? He played for Bohs under Mahon (middle of a back three in a 6-4 defeat to Shels at Dalyer iirc) and his career was cut short due to bad knees.

[fionnsci]

either of them anything to former Bohs man Anthony Shevlin? He played for Bohs under Mahon (middle of a back three in a 6-4 defeat to Shels at Dalyer iirc) and his career was cut short due to bad knees.

Well if one of them is, so is the other, on account of them being twins!

[bluemovie]

either of them anything to former Bohs man Anthony Shevlin?


Well if one of them is, so is the other, on account of them being twins!

It was worth putting up the thread just for that, fionnsci :D

Thanks for the help, lads. I found another thread which mentions the Cullens for Kilkenny and Longford. All of these seem to have stayed at the same clubs as their twins. Did any of them ever play against each other?

http://foot.ie/threads/130273-Twins

I remember Barry Moran getting a heap of goals so presume he was a striker. What about Jason?

[bluemovie]

either of them anything to former Bohs man Anthony Shevlin? He played for Bohs under Mahon (middle of a back three in a 6-4 defeat to Shels at Dalyer iirc) and his career was cut short due to bad knees.

Derek, Kenneth, Anthony..... As LMFAO would say "Everybody's Shevlin".

[iceman]

Derek, Kenneth, Anthony..... As LMFAO would say "Everybody's Shevlin".
Derek and Kenneth Shevlin made their debut together for Drogs in an away fixture to Finn Harps in the 90's. They are not related to the Bohs player.

[SkStu]

Derek and Kenneth Shevlin made their debut together for Drogs in an away fixture to Finn Harps in the 90's. They are not related to the Bohs player.

neither of them?!?!?! :shame:

[Terry]

I remember Barry Moran getting a heap of goals so presume he was a striker. What about Jason?


Jason is a striker too, currently a member of the CP Ireland football squad.

[Martinho II]

Jason is a striker too, currently a member of the CP Ireland football squad.

wots CP Terry?

[sligoman]

wots CP Terry?Cerebral Palsy team, I assume.

[poster]

Cerebral Palsy team, I assume.

ya, heard that before alright.

[bluemovie]

Jason is a striker too, currently a member of the CP Ireland football squad.

Thanks, Terry. Just did a bit of googling about him and see he's going to the Paralympics.

[Terry]

no problem bluemovie, he still plays junior football aswell with OLBC (Our Ladies Boys Club). They were recently promoted from the 2nd division to the first division.

The Moran twins are lucky to be still playing football after they crashed there car many years ago returning to Galway one night after playing a match with UCD. Both of them were out for some time afterwards.

[pineapple stu]

There's one of your more unusual career histories alright!

Didn't think Jason ever played for us though? Barry played one game. Did he go back to Galway after? Certainly didn't score bluemovie's remembered "heaps of goals" for us anyway!

[orielabu]

In the early 1970s the twins Willie and Gerry McKeever were regulars with Dundalk for a period of about four seasons. Willie later played under Jimmy McAlinden with Drogheda and for nearly 20 years has been on the Oriel Park ground staff.

[bluemovie]

Thanks for all the help. PStu, Ijust remember Barry being near the top of the scoring charts one or two seasons in the First Division when he was with Galway.
Found this from the Galway Tribune:

Goal-scoring sensation Moran defies medical experts
August 20, 2010 - 7:00am
10th cap for the senior Irish men’s Paralympic side
Keith Kelly
EIGHT years ago, following a horrific car accident which left him in a coma for two weeks and saw him suffer 11 broken bones and a fractured skull as well as severing a nerve connecting his brain to his shoulder, Jason Moran was told to forget about playing soccer ever again.
Today, the Newcastle native will win his 10th cap for the senior Irish men’s Paralympic side in the European Championships in Scotland where he will hope to continue his stunning goals-per-game ratio – he has scored nine times in the nine games he has played for his country since joining the squad in March of this year.
It is an amazing story, one of the triumph of mind over body, and is likely to see the 26-years-old representing his country at the Paralympic Games in London in 2012, qualification for which has almost been assured by the Irish team by virtue of their performances in Glasgow this week.
On the evening of Tuesday May 7, 2002, Jason and his twin brother Barry were travelling in a car on the Rahoon Road, just past Rahoon Cemetery, when the car hit a pothole, spun into a ditch and smashed into a tree before bouncing back onto the road.
Barry escaped relatively unscathed, suffering nothing more serious than a few burst blood vessels, but it was a different story for Jason. He was in the right hand side of the car, which bore the brunt of the impact, and he suffered extensive injuries.
“I shattered my femur, had a compound fracture of my ulna, fractured my skull, broke nine ribs and severed the brachial plexus nerve in my shoulder, which means my brain can’t send messages to my shoulder anymore.
“I was in a coma for two weeks, and went from hospital in Galway up to Beaumont Hospital. I got wonderful care and support from medical staff, and from my family and friends; they really helped me through that time,” Jason told Tribune Sport from Glasgow yesterday.
He went to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire, where he was given the news that his promising career in soccer was over, but Jason refused to accept that news and vowed to work as hard as possible to get back on the playing pitch.
Jason was only 18 at the time of the accident, but had already made a significant impression on the soccer world. He captained St Mary’s College to success in the FAI Schools’ Senior Cup the previous year – twin brother Barry scored a staggering four hat-tricks in that march to glory, including one in the final itself – and was coming to the end of his first season with Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland First Division, having played with Galway United in the Premier Division the previous season.

[MagicMon]

Ok not twins, but 4 brothers in one league must be a record? Did the other kids on their street get a touch when the Brennans were playing football?

http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/6251/

[nigel-harps1954]

The 4 gethins brothers all played for harps one season. 3 of them are playing for fanad in the A league this season while Conor is playing non league in scotland

[Martinho II]

The 4 gethins brothers all played for harps one season. 3 of them are playing for fanad in the A league this season while Conor is playing non league in scotland

what season did the four of them play nigel? I know Trevor played for us in the under 20 squad when he was based in the army in athlone

[Martinho II]

btw we had twins playin for us in the early nineties the cullens who also played for kilkenny city.. jimmy and tommy

[Sam_Heggy]

what season did the four of them play nigel? I know Trevor played for us in the under 20 squad when he was based in the army in athlone

Only 2 of them played League football for us. Conor and Alan. Trevor might have played in the League Cup but that would be about it. David the youngest barely played under 20's.
All 4 were at the club together about 08.

[freewheel30]

I read a while back that Cork Hibs had a set of twins as well, Eddie and Eugene Gosnell.

http://photos.examiner.ie/?Action=VF&id=544257010&pcp=261&ppwd=85623mgp

http://www.waterford-united.ie/countdown-to-a-crunch-match-classic-munster-derbies/

[bluemovie]

I read a while back that Cork Hibs had a set of twins as well, Eddie and Eugene Gosnell.

http://www.waterford-united.ie/countdown-to-a-crunch-match-classic-munster-derbies/

Having my own work quoted back to me :D I only heard of Eddie Gosnell from that story. Didn't know he had a twin.

[passerrby]

stephan Mc Guinness and Fran Gavin

[freewheel30]

Having my own work quoted back to me :D I only heard of Eddie Gosnell from that story. Didn't know he had a twin.

Nice, it was the only other google reference to either of them apart from the photo and seeing as it had that little bit of folklore I figured I would link it.