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Aidan O'Shea (born 19 June 1990) is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team. He plays his club football for Breaffy and is captain of the senior team at Breaffy. O'Shea made his debut for the Mayo seniors against New York in 2009 and since then has been one of Mayo's best players, winning an All-Star in 2013 and playing in midfield in two All-Ireland football finals, the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1-14 to 2-12 against Dublin. In 2013, his man-of-the-match display drove Mayo to a 16-point victory in a rematch against 2012 conquerors Donegal at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage. He was afterwards refused entry at one of Dublin's biggest nightclubs. He was awarded the GAA's Player of the Month for August. He played in the first Test for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, but club commitments ruled him out of the second Test. He is suspected of being concussed up to seven times.In 2016 Mayo were denied another All-Ireland title by just one point to Dublin after a replay on the 1st of October