Justin McMahon is an Irish

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er who played for the Omagh St Enda's club and for the Tyrone county team. He is the younger brother of Joe McMahon.

Playing career

Justin McMahon is an

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winner. In 2006, he captained the Tyrone under-21 team in their Ulster Championship-winning campaign, and graduated to the senior squad, joining his older brother, Joe. He made his senior debut for Tyrone in the

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second round against

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. He scored a point in his debut. He played Full Back for the Tyrone All Ireland winning team in 2008, and managed to mark Kerry's

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out of the game, rendering him scoreless. He is also part of the Omagh St Enda's senior team, playing as a forward, and his efforts in 2006 have been rewarded with a nomination for the Tyrone All Stars, one of two Omagh men to meet that standard. In early 2007, Justin was nominated as the '' Ulster Herald'' Sports Personality of the Year for 2006, having been the newspaper's Sports Personality of March, when he had captained Tyrone's U-21 Ulster Championship success. He played in the

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for Omagh CBS in 2004, and captained the team to the semi-final, and while at university, he played for St Mary's in the

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References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football backs Irish international rules football players Omagh St Enda's Gaelic footballers Sportspeople from Omagh Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) {{Tyrone-Gaelic-football-bio-stub