Peadar Gaskins is a former Irish football player who played as a full back.

He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...

 in 1932 where he stayed for five seasons.

He won five caps for the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

 captaining the side in all of his five appearances. He made his debut as captain in a 4-4 draw against Belgium which was Ireland's first World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

 qualifier on the 25th of February 1934. He played in the next four games: a 5-2 World Cup qualifier defeat to Holland in the Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam)

Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam)

The Olympisch Stadion is a stadium built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600. Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937, the Amsterdam authorities decided to increase the capacity of the...

, a friendly against Hungary at Dalymount Park

Dalymount Park

Dalymount Park is an Irish football stadium situated on Dublin's Northside. It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as 'Dalyer' by fans, it was also historically the "home of Irish football" holding Irish internationals and FAI Cup...

, a friendly against Switzerland in Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

 with his last cap coming against Germany in the Stadion Rote Erde

Stadion Rote Erde

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 on the 8th of May 1935.

He captained the League of Ireland team in a 2-1 victory over the Welsh League in his only Inter League appearance on the 18th of March 1935 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1937/0828/Pg013.html#Ar01321:7DE9A28409C58409A28459C58459A28539C58129CC8599E57A39CC8069E5.

On the 27th of August 1937 Peadar had a benefit match at Shelbourne Park

Shelbourne Park

Shelbourne Park is a greyhound racing stadium in the south Dublin inner city suburb of Ringsend.The stadium also played host to the home matches of Shelbourne FC, who play in the League of Ireland, from 1913/14 up until 1948/49. The first match was a 1-1 draw against Bohemians and their last match...

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Honours

• FAI Cup
  FAI Cup
  The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
  
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  • Shamrock Rovers - 1933, 1936
• League of Ireland Shield
  League of Ireland Shield
  The League of Ireland Shield is a defunct Irish football tournament which was introduced when the League of Ireland started in 1921 and ran uninterrupted until 1972...
  
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  • Shamrock Rovers - 1932-33, 1934–35
• Leinster Senior Cup
  Leinster Senior Cup (football)
  The Leinster Senior Cup is an association football cup competition organised by the Leinster Football Association. It contested by the top League of Ireland sides based in the province in Leinster along with four Leinster Senior League sides and the two Leinster Junior Cup finalists. The Cup was...
  
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  • Shamrock Rovers - 1933

Sources

• The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)