Justin McMahon

Infobox GAA player |

name =Justin McMahon
occupation = Student
irish =
placeofbirth=Omagh
countryofbirth=Northern Ireland
bday=|bmonth=|byear=
nickname=justy
feet=6|inches=04
sport=Gaelic football
code=Football
county=Tyrone
province=Ulster
clposition=Forward
club=Omagh St. Enda's
clyears=? -?
clapps(points)=
clcounty=
clprovince=
clubs=Omagh St. Enda's
counties=Tyrone U21
Tyrone
icposition= Half Back/Full Back
icyears= 2005-2006
2007-present
icapps(points)=?
6 (2)
icprovince=1
icallireland=1
nfl=0
allstars=
icupdate=09:17, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
clupdate=14:21, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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Justin McMahon is an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. In 2006, he captained the Tyrone Under 21 team in their Ulster Championship-winning campaign,cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4899566.stm|title=Derry 1-07 0-12 Tyrone|accessdate=2007-02-04] and has lived up to expectation and has graduated to the senior squad, joining his older brother, Joe. [cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2007/football/tyrone.html |title=Joe Cool bubbling over with ambition|accessdate=2007-02-04] [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/6350959.stm|title =Tyrone 0-14 0-08 Fermanagh|accessdate=2007-02-12]

He made his senior debut for Tyrone in the National Football League second round against Fermanagh. He scored a point in his debut. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/6350959.stm|title =Tyrone 0-14 0-08 Fermanagh|accessdate=2007-02-12] He played Full Back for the Tyrone All Ireland winning team in 2008, and managed to mark Kerry's Kieran Donaghy out of the game, rendering him scoreless. [citation | url = http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/triumph-and-tragedy-have-welded-this-tyrone-team-together-1484695.html | publisher = Irish Independent | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | date = 2008-09-28 |title = Triumph and tragedy have welded this Tyrone team together | author = Colm O'Rourke]

He is also part of the Omagh St. Enda's Senior team, playing as a forward, [cite web |url = http://www.omaghstendas.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=65&PHPSESSID=a03aac86b48e4b0baf2c8f04c7faae0a | title = Ulster Herald Sports Personality of the Year | accessdate = 2007-02-04] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Tyrone/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=69001|title=Fifty nominees shortlisted for Tyrone All-Star awards|accessdate=2007-02-04]

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. [cite web|url=http://www.omaghstendas.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=236&Itemid=65|title=Ulster Herald Sports Personality of the Year|accessdate=2007-02-04]

He played in the MacRory Cup 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 2007 Dr. McKenna Cup. [citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/6261389.stm | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2007-01-14 | title = Monaghan 2-16 0-11 St Mary's]

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