Ben Tansey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Born |
22 June 1953 Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland |
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| Died | 25 March 2011 (aged 57) | ||
| Occupation | Garda Síochána | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1970–1978 1971–1978 1979–1996 |
Four Roads (H) St. Aidan's, Ballyforan Navan O'Mahonys GAA |
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| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Meath titles | 7 | 2 | |
| Connacht titles | 0 | 1 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1976–1978 1971–1978 1980–1985 1980–1989 |
Roscommon (F) Roscommon (H) Meath (F) Meath (H) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Connacht Titles | 1 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | 1 (Junior) | |
Ben Tansey was the son of Bernard Tansey and Kathleen Glynn of Caltraghduff, Ballyforan, County Roscommon. Ben Tansey played senior intercounty football and hurling for two different counties, namely Roscommon and Meath.
Ben started playing hurling and football with his local clubs, Four Roads and St. Aidan's in Roscommon. He won underage hurling championships with Four Roads and also a U16"B" All-Ireland hurling medal with Roscommon. He played Minor and Under 21 football and hurling for Roscommon. Ben went to Ballinafad College, in Mayo, where he played in four Connacht colleges hurling finals, won a Connacht colleges football medal and a Mayo colleges football championship. Ben joined the Garda Síochána in 1973 and was stationed in Rush, Dublin, Balbriggan, and Navan. He served in Navan for 27 years until his retirement in 2003.
During his playing days in Roscommon Ben won a Connacht Senior Football Championship in 1978 and an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship in 1974. Ben is one of an elite group of Roscommon hurlers to have played Railway Cup with Connacht. He won 2 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championships with Four Roads and also a Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship medal in 1977. He won an Intermediate Football Championship with St. Aidan's and was also club footballer of the year in 1975.
Ben transferred to Navan O'Mahony's in 1979. With them he won 7 Meath Senior Football Championships and 2 Meath Senior Hurling Championships, being a member of the double winning team in 1985. He also won 2 Intermediate Hurling Championships and several Feis Cup and League football medals. He was also club footballer of the year and club hurler of the year. Ben also holds the distinction of having won "Man of the Match" awards in both senior football(1979) and senior hurling(1986) finals. He was the Keegan Cup winning captain in 1981. Ben last lined out for O'Mahony's in the Intermediate Hurling Final in 1996, aged 43, rounding off a 26 year club career with 15 club championship medals.
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