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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox GAA player
|name            = Joe McMahon
|image           =
|irish           = 
|height          = {{convert|1.92|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}|
|sport           = Gaelic football
|code            = Football
|county          = Tyrone
|province        = Ulster
|clposition      = Midfield, Full Back, Half Forward
|club            = [[Omagh St Enda's GAA|Omagh St Enda's]]
|clyears         = 2001–
|clapps(points)  =
|clcounty        =
|clprovince      =
|clubs           = [[Omagh St Enda's GAA|Omagh St Enda's]]
|counties        = [[Tyrone county football team|Tyrone]]
|icposition      = Full Back/Full Forward
|icyears         = 2004–2017
|icapps(points)  =
|icprovince      = 3
|icallireland    = 2
|allstars        =
|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|08|03}}
|birth_place     = [[Omagh]], [[County Tyrone]], Northern Ireland
}}
'''Joe McMahon''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]]<!-- PLAYED FOR, AND SCORED FOR, IRELAND --> [[Gaelic football]]er who played for the [[Omagh St Enda's GAA|Omagh St Enda's]] club and for the [[Tyrone county football team|Tyrone county team]].

His younger brother, [[Justin McMahon|Justin]] was the captain of the Tyrone under-21 team that won the 2006 Ulster Championship.

==Playing career==
Joe McMahon was part of the [[Omagh CBS]] [[MacRory Cup]] team that shared the title in 2001 (the scheduled replay was abandoned, due to restrictions of crowd gatherings amid a [[foot-and-mouth disease]] outbreak), and reached the final in 2002.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031223194314/http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.com/app/DisplayEvent.asp?SectionID=6&ArticleID=1654 OMAGH CBS TO MEET ST MICHAEL'S AGAIN... ]. ulstercollegesgaa.com. 5 March 2002</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030825083636/http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.com/app/DisplayEvent.asp?SectionID=6&ArticleID=1653 OMAGH CBS TITLE HOPES DASHED BY SLICK ST MICHAEL'S ]. ulstercollegesgaa.com. 18 March 2002</ref>

A two-time [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland]]-winner, McMahon started the [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final]], but had to be replaced because of injury, making him the first [[Omagh St Enda's GAA|Omagh]] man to win an All-Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html |title=Joe Cool bubbling over with ambition |year=2006 |work=Irish News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318030938/http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html | archive-date=18 March 2006 |access-date=22 July 2012}}</ref> He also started the [[2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|2008 final]] at number 12 but played most of the game alongside his brother in the back line helping to hold Kerry's "Twin Towers" of Donaghy and Walsh to 1 point.

2008 was a career-defining year for McMahon, being switched between the forwards and the backs on the Tyrone side throughout most of the season. In the quarter-final, while being one of a number of Tyrone players sporting a beard for the occasion,<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2008/0927/1222419961833.html | title = How sporting a beard can give you a warrior's edge | author = Shane Hegarty | work = [[The Irish Times]] | access-date = 3 October 2008 | date = 27 September 2008}}</ref> he scored a crucial goal against [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]].<ref>{{ citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7560209.stm | access-date = 3 October 2008 | publisher = [[BBC Sport]] | title = Dublin 1–8 3–14 Tyrone | date = 16 August 2008}}</ref>

In October 2005, barely a month after his All-Ireland win, McMahon was part of the Omagh St Enda's team that reached the Tyrone Championship Final.<ref>{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4365150.stm | publisher = [[BBC Sport]] | title = Omagh keen to go the whole way | access-date = 3 October 2008 | date = 21 October 2005 }}</ref>

==Post-playing==
In 2018, McMahon joined the TTM Radio commentary team as match analyst.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html Interview in ''The Irish News'' ahead of the 2006 National League Campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318030938/http://www.irishnews.com/nationalleague2006/football/tyrone.html |date=18 March 2006 }}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Gaelic games commentators]]
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