Noel Garvan Gaelic games player
Noel Garvan is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer from County Laois.He plays for St Josephs GAA club. He usually played at midfield for Laois and played a huge part in 2003 when Laois ended the 57-year wait for the Leinster Senior Football Championship title.Garvan emerged on to the scene in 1996 as part of the Laois minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title.Son of Tommy Garvan, himself no mean operator on a football field, Noel Garvan caught the eye with his spectacular high fielding as a minor and quickly progressed through the ranks picking up a Leinster U21 Football Championship medal in 1998 before adding a prestigious Sigerson Cup title to his honours list in 1999 when he also won the Player of the Tournament award with IT Tralee.After a spectacular 2005 campaign in which he captained his county to the O'Byrne Cup, Garvan received a well-deserved All Stars nomination. In the same year, he won an Interprovincial Championship medal with his province Leinster.With St Josephs, Garvan has picked up two Laois Senior Football Championship medals.