| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1999/2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam McCartan (born 1999/2000) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the St Loman's club and at senior level for Westmeath county team. He is a grandson of Seán Purcell and is related to Ciarán Kilkenny. His younger brother Danny has also played for Westmeath.
McCartan scored a goal against Laois in the 2022 Tailteann Cup. He passed the ball to Lorcan O'Toole for a second goal in the semi-final that got them past Offaly and into the competition's inaugural final.
He was Man of the Match in the 2024 NFL Division 3 final as Westmeath claimed the title.
McCartan played when Westmeath won only a second ever Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 2026, scoring two points in the 2026 Leinster Senior Football Championship final.
The young St Loman's man followed up his man of the match performance against Laois with another impressive showing against Carlow in Netwatch Cullen Park last Sunday.
Given that he's only 22 and his maternal grandfather died in 2005, it's hardly a surprise that Sam McCartan's memories of Seán Purcell are 'quite vague and scratchy'.