Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Briain Ó Fearail | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Full Forward | ||
Born | Nobber, County Meath, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Nobber | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2004- | Meath | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 1 |
Brian Farrell is a Gaelic footballer from Nobber, County Meath, Ireland. He plays for the Meath county team [1] and his local club Nobber. [2] He first came to national attention when he was part of the Meath team that made it to the 2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final but lost out to Derry having already been beaten by Longford in the Leinster Championship final. [3] The following year, he was part of the Meath side that won the Leinster and All-Ireland Junior Football Championships. At club level, he has won County and Leinster Junior medals in 2002 and an All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship medal in 2003. [4] In 2010, Farrell won a Meath Intermediate Football Championship medal.
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The 2020 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 94th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for Intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 20 teams and starts with a group stage before progressing to a knock out stage. The winner will not represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship as the GAA made the decision to cancel the 2020 Provincial and All-Ireland Club Championships due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.