Brendan Boyle (Gaelic footballer)

Brendan Boyle
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Club(s)
Years Club
? - present Ardara
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
? - ? Donegal

Brendan Boyle is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football at midfield with his local club Ardara and has been a member of the Donegal senior inter-county team.[1]

A married civil engineer and graduate of Institute of Technology, Sligo, he spent two years with a serious back injury and almost quit the game.[2]

In 2004, he played against Armagh in the Ulster final at Croke Park.[3] In 2009, he played in the Championship victory over Galway at Markievicz Park and the defeat to Cork at Croke Park.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "McGrath returns as Ardara win". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014. Brendan McNelis and Conor Classon extended Ardara’s lead before Brendan Boyle landed an Ardara goal to send the visitors in 1-7 to 1-2 in front at half-time.
  2. ↑ "CASE STUDY 2: Brendan Boyle". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Awesome Armagh destroy Donegal". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 11 July 2004. Devenney missed another good chance from a free in the 43rd minute but made no mistake four minutes later after Brendan Boyle was fouled.
  4. ↑ "Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-13". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cork 1-27 Donegal 2-10". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009. Michael Murphy converted an early Donegal free, but once Cork quelled the early dominance of midfielders Brendan Boyle and Kevin Cassidy, things began to happen for them.
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