Enon Gavin is a former

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er from

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. He played with the

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intercounty team from 1991 until 2000. In his first intercounty season he won a

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in 1991; he also won an All Star Award that year. He played at club level also with Clann na nGael. He won seven

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medals and two

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medals. He is the former manager of the

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GAA club, who were promoted to Senior level in 2015. Enon's position, sadly, was short lived as he stepped down due to a lack of commitment from the lads. Notably, Enon is the first person to come from Jewish heritage to win an all-star award.

References

1971 births Living people Clann na nGael (Roscommon) Gaelic footballers Roscommon inter-county Gaelic footballers Irish people of Jewish descent {{Roscommon-Gaelic-football-bio-stub