Enda Varley

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Enda Varley
Personal information
Irish name Éanna Mac an Bhearlaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Forward
Born Castlebar, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
?–?
?–?
2021–
Garrymore
St Vincent's
Garrymore
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2010–2014? 15?
Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 4

Enda Varley is a Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Mayo county team. He has played with the Garrymore and St Vincent's clubs, transferring there from his native club. [1]

Varley started at right corner-forward and scored two points in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, which Mayo lost by four points to Donegal. [2] [3] [4]

He also played in the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, but was unexpectedly left out of the county panel in 2015. A teacher by profession, Varley transferred back to Garrymore in 2021 after five years with St Vincent's, winning Dublin SFC and Leinster Club SFC titles in 2016 and retaining the Dublin SFC title in 2017, while playing alongside Diarmuid Connolly and Tomás Quinn. [5]

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References

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  2. "Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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