Aaron Hoey is a retired

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er and hurler from

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. He played with Louth,

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and Knockbridge Hurling Club. He was part of the Louth team that played in the final of the

Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (G ...

in 2010 where he appeared as a sub, but were beaten in controversial circumstances by

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. Hoey was a member of the

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side that lost the Final of the 1998/99

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

to Tralee IT. In 2002, Hoey scored 1–07 in the semi-final of the

Louth Senior Football Championship The Louth Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Louth GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster S ...

against Dundalk Gaels, helping St Bride's to reach their first county senior final in almost sixty years.

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proved too strong in the final, as St Bride's lost out by three points despite Hoey contributing 0–10. At the age of 43, he appeared as a substitute in the final of the 2020

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, scoring 0–01 as St Bride's defeated Kilkerley Emmets. In addition to his football achievements, Hoey won several

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and League medals with Knockbridge Hurling Club.

Honours

1997 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship The 1997 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship was the eighth edition of the All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship, the second tier Gaelic football competition introduced by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1990. The competi ...

* 1999-2000 National Football League Division 2 *

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

: 2002 * 2006 National Football League Division 2 *

2006 Tommy Murphy Cup The Tommy Murphy Cup 2006 began on July 22, 2006. It was the third year that this element of the Bank of Ireland Football Championship was played. Results {{Tommy Murphy Cup Tommy Murphy Cup Tommy Murphy Cup ...

2009 O'Byrne Cup The 2009 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not prog ...

* 2011 National Football League Division 3 *

: 2020

References

Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Louth-gaelic-football-bio-stub