Brendan Kilcoyne

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Brendan Kilcoyne
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1967or1968(age 55–56) [1]
Occupation Collection Accounts Manager
with Ulster Bank [1]
Club(s)
YearsClub
198?–199?
199?–200?
 Tubbercurry
St Eunan's
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
?–?
 Sligo

Brendan Kilcoyne (born 1967/8) is an Irish Gaelic football manager, selector and former player. He played for St Eunan's, Tubbercurry and the Sligo county team. [1] [2]

Career

Kilcoyne won two Sligo Senior Football Championship titles, in 1986 and 1991 (as captain). He won two Donegal Senior Football Championship titles with St Eunan's, in 1999 and 2001 (as well as the disputed title of 1997). [1] [3]

As well as playing for St Eunan's, Kilcoyne has managed the club. [4] [5] He led the club to the 2007 Donegal SFC title, but after defeat in the 2007 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, he accused the county board of collaborating with opponent Cavan Gaels. [6]

After managing the St Eunan's club to the Donegal SFC title, Kilcoyne was a candidate to replace Tommy Breheny as Sligo senior manager when Breheny resigned in 2007. [7] Kilcoyne was part of the Donegal under-21 management team of Maxi Curran, whose players featured in an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship final in 2015. [4] Kilcoyne was also a selector with St Eunan's, while working as a selector with the Donegal under-21 team. [3] [8] Later that year, Kilcoyne joined the Donegal senior management team for the 2016 season. [2] [4] [1] He remained in this position for the 2017 season. [9] Although originally from County Sligo, Kilcoyne moved to Letterkenny in the 1990s, and continues to support Donegal in competitive fixtures. [3] [10] In 2020, Kilcoyne was a selector with the Donegal minor team. [11] In 2023, Kilcoyne had a role with the Donegal minor team, described variously as a mentor and assistant manager. [12] [13] Later that year, he was appointed as part of the backroom management team of the Donegal under-20 footballers. [14]

Kilcoyne has appeared on Highland Radio and Newstalk as a match analyst. [15] [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Walsh, Harry (13 November 2015). "Kilcoyne relishing new Donegal management role". Donegal News . Archived from the original on 16 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "'Donegal can pick themselves up'". Donegal News . 2 June 2022. p. 72. The former Sligo and St Eunan's star was back-up to Rory Gallagher in 2016 when Tyrone edged out Donegal in similar fashion to the way Derry did last Sunday.
  3. 1 2 3 McNulty, Chris (11 November 2015). "Rory Gallagher to finalise Donegal panel this weekend as Kilcoyne recruited as selector" . Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Brendan Kilcoyne joins Donegal Senior Backroom Team". Highland Radio. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Two final meetings that shaped strands of history". Donegal Democrat . 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2012. …in 2007 when St Eunan's won a frantic first round third game on their way to a first of a string of successive county championships. After Leo McLoone scored 4–1 in Glenties, Brendan Kilcoyne's team came out fighting and the play-off win sent their history on an upward trend.
  6. ↑ "Cavan Gaels edge out St Eunan's". BBC Sport. 21 October 2007. Kilcoyne alleged that an unnamed member of the county board had sent videos of recent St Eunan's games to the Cavan Gaels club. 'Members of our county board were collaborating with them and it was disappointing', said Kilcoyne.
  7. ↑ Cummiskey, Gavin (11 October 2007). "Breheny resigns as Sligo manager". The Irish Times .
  8. ↑ Foley, Alan (29 August 2015). "St Eunan's and Dungloe face-off to join Naomh Conaill in championship quarter-finals" . Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Keys, Colm (4 January 2017). "Only six new inter-county gaelic football managers in 2017". Irish Independent . Retrieved 14 January 2017. Brendan Kilcoyne continues as a selector.
  10. ↑ Craig, Frank (2 June 2022). "Donegal have the personnel to mix it up — Kilcoyne". Donegal News . p. 70. 'I'm obviously so disappointed Donegal lost [the 2022 Ulster SFC final] because that's where my loyalties lie. But I'm also delighted for [Derry manager] Rory [Gallagher] because he takes an awful lot of flak'.
  11. ↑ McNulty, Chris (9 March 2020). "'Performance leaves us with a lot to work on' – Brendan Kilcoyne" . Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  12. ↑ Comack, Tom (7 May 2023). "Donegal disappoint but second-half reaction a positive — Brendan Kilcoyne" . Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Comack, Tom (5 May 2023). "Donegal minors need to bounce back from Derry defeat — Brendan Kilcoyne" . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Shaun Paul Barrett is Donegal U20 manager". Ocean FM. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "GAA's disciplinary process in disarray – Brendan Kilcoyne". Highland Radio. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  16. ↑ "Neighbours clash in Laois, cagey clash in Donegal & Naas looking for 10 Kildare titles". Newstalk. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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