Shortall is a native of
Durrow, County Laois, who played his club football with
The Harps GAA and represented
Laois GAA at minor level, winning a
Leinster MFC medal in 1998, before losing to a
Tyrone team led by
Cormac McAnallen in the
All-Ireland MFC final. He played in all six games for the
Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the
2002 Australian Football International Cup. ==References==