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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Dáithí Ó Brádaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Born | 1974 (age 50–51) Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Journalist, medical rep, tour operator [1] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Ballina Stephenites | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Mayo titles | 4 | ||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1996–2008 | Mayo | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
David Brady (born 1974) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team in midfield in the 1990s and 2000s. As of 2020, he works as a journalist. [2] [3]
Brady grew up in Ballina, County Mayo; his mother was from Mayo and his father from Castleconor, County Sligo. [4] He has twin younger brothers, Ger Brady and Liam Brady.
Brady played in midfield for Ballina Stephenites and Mayo.
In 1994 and 1995 he was on the under-21 teams that lost the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship final.
Brady was on the Mayo team that lost the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final; he missed the 1997 final due to a broken leg. [5] Mayo won the 2000–01 National Football League and Brady was also on the team that lost the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [6]
In 2005 his club Ballina Stephenites won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Brady finally winning an All-Ireland final after losing his first seven. [7] [8]
In 2003 Brady retired from the inter-county team, but returned; he retired again in 2005, but returned to play on the Mayo team that lost the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [9] [10]
He finally retired in 2008, in part due to back pain. [11] [12]
In 2012 Brady managed the Ballina Stephenites senior team. [13]
Since retiring, Brady has worked as a sports journalist and pundit, appearing on TV3 and Newstalk. [14] [15] He also writes for the Intersport Elverys Blog. [16] Brady is also active on Twitter. [17] He was the subject of a 2020 Laochra Gael episode. [18]
Brady works as a medical sales rep. [15] [ inconsistent ] His wife is from Dublin; they have two children. [19] [4]
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