Enda Colleran

Enda Colleran (May 1942 – 8 April 2004) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for the Mountbellew–Moylough club and at senior level for the Galway county team.

Enda Colleran

Personal information
Irish name	Éinde Ó Callaráin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right Corner Back
Born	May 1942 Moylough, County Galway, Ireland
Died	8 April 2004 (aged 61) Barna, County Galway, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Mountbellew–Moylough
Club titles
Galway titles	2
Colleges(s)
Years	College
1961-1966	University College Galway
College titles
Sigerson titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1961–1971	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	6
All-Irelands	3
NFL	1

Career

A native of Moylough, Colleran's Gaelic football prowess was first noticed on the national stage in 1960 when he won an All-Ireland Minor Championship medal with Galway and a Hogan Cup medal with St Jarlath's College. Having made his Galway senior debut in 1961, he went on to play in four successive All-Ireland senior finals between 1963 and 1966, winning the latter three against Kerry (twice) and Meath.^[1] Colleran also picked up two Sigerson Cup medals with University College Galway and became only the fourth Connacht man to captain his province to Railway Cup success when they beat Ulster in the 1967 final.^[2]

A brief spell as a rugby union player with Corinthians was followed by Colleran taking over as manager of the Galway senior team, winning a Connacht Championship title in 1976. His next high-profile engagement was as an analyst on The Sunday Game. Colleran was also named on the Team of the Century and Team of the Millennium.^[3]

Personal life and death

Colleran worked as a secondary school teacher at St Enda's College in Salthill. He died suddenly at his home in Barna, County Galway on 8 April 2004.^[4]

Honours

St Jarlath's College

• All-Ireland Colleges Senior Football Championship: 1960
• Connacht Colleges Senior Football Championship: 1960

University College Galway

• Sigerson Cup: 1963, 1964

Mountbellew–Moylough

• Galway Senior Football Championship: 1964, 1965

Galway Corinthians

• Connacht Senior Cup: 1971–72

Galway

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1964, 1965, 1966
• Connacht Senior Football Championship: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970
• National Football League: 1964–65
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1960
• Connacht Minor Football Championship: 1960

Connacht

• Railway Cup: 1967