Eddie Brennan (Gaelic footballer)

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Eddie Brennan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Club(s)
YearsClub
?–?
?–c. 2012
 Drumcliffe–Rosses Point
St Eunan's
Club titles
Donegal titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
?–?
200?–200?
 Sligo
Donegal

Eddie Brennan is a Gaelic footballer.

A former club footballer with St Eunan's in Letterkenny, with whom he has won numerous county championships, [1] [2] [3] [4] he previously played for Drumcliffe–Rosses Point, the Sligo county football team, and since moving to Donegal, the Donegal county football team. Brennan's transfer from Sligo to Donegal proved controversial, generating much media coverage and opposition from rival clubs. [5] [6] The dispute led to the final of the 2002 Donegal Senior Football Championship not being played until 2003. [7]

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He had stopped playing for his club by the time it won the 2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship. [8]

He jointly managed the St Eunan's senior footballers with Barry Meehan in 2017. [9]

He also managed St Naul's. [10]

Downings appointed him as team trainer ahead of the 2020 season. [10]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Keys, Colm (5 November 2012). "Eunan's survive storm". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "All too easy for Eunan's". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 5 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Kavanagh, Haran set up Eunan's". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Final glory at last for Eunan's as Glenswilly fail on their big day". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  5. ↑ "Sligo native set to star for Donegal". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 12 January 2006. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2006. Brennan, a former Sligo senior panellist, and the man at the centre of a major transfer controversy in 2002 when he first moved to Donegal, has been named at right corner-back.
  6. ↑ Foley, Cliona (19 September 2002). "Furious Killybegs thrown out of championship". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2002.
  7. ↑ Craig, Frank (8 October 2020). "Decision won't have been taken lightly — [Eamon] McGee". Donegal News . p. 50. It's easy to forget now but McGee has experienced similar disappointment where a Donegal SFC final was left in limbo and, in the end, not finished in the same calendar year it began. The 2002 SFC in the county was held up due to a spat between the Ardara and St Eunan's clubs over a saga that will forever be recalled as the Eddie Brennan affair. The final, between the Letterkenny men and Gaoth Dobhair, was eventually settled in February of 2003 with McGee and the Magheragallon side coming out on top… 'I've three medals at home [2006 and 2018] but one of them, in my mind at least, that is a wee bit tainted'.
  8. ↑ McNulty, Chris (7 November 2014). "St Eunan's overcome their 'lost generation' as Maxi Curran's 'new team' win Dr Maguire". Donegal News . Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sadness following the passing of Paddy MacIntyre". Donegal News . 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020. He was also a member of the backroom team of the St Eunan's senior footballers under the joint management of Barry Meehan and Eddie Brennan in 2017.
  10. 1 2 Ferry, Ryan (1 October 2020). "'The players are focused — Byrne". Donegal News . p. 56. Downings recruited a high-profile team trainer during the winter with former St Eunan's and St Naul's manager Eddie Brennan coming on board…
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