Niall McCready

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Niall McCready
Personal information
Irish name Níall Mac Riada
Sport Gaelic football
Position Back
Club(s)
YearsClub
199?–201?
Aodh Ruadh
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
c. 1990s–200?
Donegal

Niall McCready is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team.

He won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship medal with Donegal in 1995. [1]

He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003. [2]

He played in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh. [3]

He made a substitute appearance for his club in the final of the 2012 Donegal Intermediate Football Championship. [4]

He is the actual godson of Brian McEniff. [5]

In 2022, McCready was announced as trainer of Naomh Bríd under the management of Aidan Murray. [6]

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References

  1. Daly, Tom. "One Hundred Years". 1995: Barry Ward, Brian Roper, Anthony McGrath, Donal Buggy, Eamonn O'Donnell and Niall McCready win Ulster U-21 medals with Donegal.
  2. Duggan, Keith (3 February 2003). "Meehan adds spark to Galway attack". The Irish Times .
  3. "Armagh's double still alive". Irish Independent . 1 September 2003.
  4. Hughes, John (7 November 2012). "Final heartache for Aodh Ruadh" . Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. McEniff, Brian (6 April 2020). "This[sic] six best Donegal corner-backs in my time". Niall McCready, my own godson, was a tenacious player, while one of the current corner-backs Paddy McGrath is 'Mr. Consistency'. He is an unsung hero and has marked many a good player.
  6. "New management for Gaels". Donegal News . 3 February 2022. p. 63. Elsewhere, Ballyshannon man Aidan Murray is manager of Naomh Brid this year, while former Donegal star Niall McCready will act as trainer.