Brian Murray (Gaelic footballer)

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Brian Murray
Personal information
Irish name Brían Ó Muirí
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1963/4 [1]
Height 6 ft 3 [1]  in (1.91 m)
Nickname Bringus [2]
Occupation Garda
Club(s)
YearsClub
19??–19??
19??–19??
1996–?
Aodh Ruadh
Civil Service
Kilcock
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
19??–199?
Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
All Stars 0

Brian Murray (born 1963/4) [1] is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for clubs in Donegal, Dublin and Kildare, as well as for the Donegal county team.

He is from Ballyshannon. In April 1980, he scored a goal at Croke Park as his secondary school De La Salle College Ballyshannon, defeated Leinster champions St Mary's CBS, Portlaoise, by 2–10 to 1–6 to win the All-Ireland Colleges B title. [2] [3]

In November 1988, Pat Spillane passed the ball to Murray; Murray promptly scored a goal to defeat The Kingdom in their own county. [4] [5]

Murray played against Armagh and scored a point in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal. [6]

He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He played in midfield and started in midfield in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He played his club football for Aodh Ruadh and the Civil Service (Dublin), whom he was a member of when he played Dublin in the All-Ireland Final of 1992. [1] Murray worked as a Detective Garda based at Kilmainham Garda Station in Dublin. [7] [8] He was the only member of the 1992 panel living outside Donegal. [9]

He joined the Kilcock club in 1996. [7]

He was still appearing as a substitute during Declan Bonner's first spell as county manager. [10]

As of 2021, he was a Detective Garda based in County Kildare. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". 21 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Ruby reminiscences for De La Salle". Hogan Stand . 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. McHugh, Michael (23 April 2020). "De La Salle's 'Band of Brothers' recalled on 40th anniversary of All Ireland Colleges victory: The Donegal school of 155 students that made history in 1980 for Ballyshannon" . Retrieved 23 April 2020. Goals from Brian 'Bringus' Murray and sub PJ Ward ultimately led to the All-Ireland success that April day on a score of 2–10 to 1–06… Indeed, a number of that winning All Ireland team and younger Loch an Iuir success went on to distinguish themselves in the green and gold of Donegal and Ulster. These included Gary Walsh, Matt Gallagher and Brian Murray, who all played vital roles in Donegal's first ever All Ireland senior football final victory against Dublin in 1992.
  4. McNulty, Chris (28 January 2018). "Kerry deny 14-man Donegal a historic win in Killarney: Kingdom take a mini-classic at Fitzgerald Stadium as David Clifford makes his bow". The Irish Times . Retrieved 28 January 2018. It's 30 years now since Pat Spillane gifted Donegal's Brian Murray a game-winning goal…
  5. "Donegal star McBrearty relishing developing Kerry rivalry". Irish Independent . 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016. Donegal still haven't won on Kerry soil since November 1988 when a misplaced Pat Spillane pass gifted Donegal a goal, scored by Brian Murray.
  6. McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story" . Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Murray told that his ankle is not broken". The Irish Times . 21 May 1996. The Kilmainham based garda was quite ecstatic in fact after been[sic] told at St James's Hospital in Dublin yesterday afternoon that there is no breakage involved in the ankle injury that has had him on crutches for a week and threatened to ruin his chances of playing in the football championship this summer… Murray went over on the ankle while playing with his new club, Kilcock, last week.
  8. Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat . Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  9. 1 2 Craig, Frank (10 June 2021). "League cut and thrust is now gone — Murray". Donegal News . p. 60. 'Time have changed, definitely', said the Kildare-based detective Garda… Murray, back in 1992, was the only squad member living outside the perimeters of his home county… 'It was tough but I was lucky insofar as the job that I was in, I'd two sergeants that[sic] were massive GAA men. But I'd be leaving Dublin at two in the afternoon to be there for training at seven. I'd then be back in Dublin at about two in the morning and up for work just a few hours later. And I mean hours you'd count easily on one hand'.
  10. "May 24 1998: Donegal win but boss Declan Bonner not happy". The Irish News . 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018. The man who replaced PJ McGowan in the Donegal hot-seat, indicated his concern with the introduction of the experienced Manus Boyle and later veteran Brian Murray as undying Antrim chipped away at the visitors' early lead.