Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Born | 1997 | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
20??– | Cill Chartha | ||
Club titles | |||
Donegal titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2016–2018 | Donegal | ||
Ulster titles | 1 |
Stephen McBrearty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.
He is the younger brother of Patrick McBrearty. [1]
With his club Cill Chartha, McBrearty won the 2012 Donegal Minor Football Championship. [2] However, he was not fully fit for the final due to a knee ligament injury sustained the semi-final. [3]
He won the 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship. It was the first time his club had won the title in 24 years. [4]
First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of Rory Gallagher, McBrearty was first called up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as Eoghan Bán Gallagher and Stephen McMenamin. [5] McBrearty made a number of appearances during Donegal's Division One campaign in the 2016 National Football League: first he was a second-half substitute in the league opener against Down, [6] then a second-half substitute in the fifth round of fixtures against Roscommon, [7] and then a second-half substitute in the seventh round of fixtures against Monaghan. [8] He also made a substitute appearance in the league semi-final defeat to Dublin. [9]
McBrearty made a substitute appearance for Donegal against Kerry in the opening round of the 2017 National Football League. [10] He made other substitute appearances against Dublin and Tyrone in the third and fifth round of fixtures respectively. [11] [12]
Under the management of Declan Bonner, McBrearty scored a point as a second-half substitute against Kerry in Killarney in the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League. [13] He started the next game against Galway and scored two points. [14] He started the next game away to Dublin and scored a point. [15] He appeared as a substitute in the fourth game against Kildare. [16] He made a second-half substitute appearance against Tyrone in the next game and scored a point. [17] He started the sixth game against Monaghan. [18] He made a substitute appearance in the seventh game against Mayo. [19]
McBrearty did not play in the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, in which Donegal defeated Fermanagh. [20] He made a late substitute appearance in the preliminary round against Cavan, but featured in neither the quarter-final against Derry nor the semi-final against Down. [21] [22] [23]
Alongside club mates Mark McHugh and Ciaran McGinley, McBrearty opted out of the Donegal panel for 2019. [24] He had his appendix removed in mid-2019. [24]
CLG Chill Chartha is a GAA club based in Kilcar, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland. They have won the Donegal Senior Football Championship on six occasions, the last in 2017. They regard themselves as being "down the trough".
Eamonn Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.
Patrick McBrearty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team, which he has captained since 2023.
Leo McLoone is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.
Mark McHugh is an Irish Gaelic footballer and coach who plays for Cill Chartha and, formerly, the Donegal county team. He is the brother of Ryan and the son of Martin.
Anthony Thompson is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and, formerly, the Donegal county team.
Martin McElhinney is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Michael's and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.
Ryan McHugh is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team. He is the brother of Mark and the son of Martin.
Martin 'Marty' O'Reilly is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who plays for Seán MacCumhaills of Ballybofey and also, formerly, for the Donegal county football team.
Hugh McFadden is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team.
Caolan Ward is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.
Niall O'Donnell is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.
Paul Brennan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Réalt na Mara and the Donegal county team.
Ciaran McGinley is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.
Eoin McHugh is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team.
Ciarán Thompson is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team.
Tony McClenaghan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Moville and the Donegal county team.
Stephen McMenamin is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Red Hughs and the Donegal county team.
Jason McGee is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cloich Cheann Fhaola and the Donegal county team.
Caolan McGonagle is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Buncrana and the Donegal county team.
Still, this was a performance and a win that they managed with one of their stars, Stephen McBrearty, playing a largely peripheral role due to a knee ligament injury that had forced him off early in their semi-final win over Cloughaneely. McBrearty did get more involved in the closing stages, when Matthew McClean, Cormac Cannon and Man of the Match Eoin McHugh popped over the points that opened the gates of glory for the Towney side.
The new players on the squad are Danny Rodgers (Dungloe), Stephen McMenamin (Red Hugh's), Kieran Gillespie (Gaoth Dobhair), Michael Carroll (Gaoth Dobhair), Eoin Bán Gallagher (Killybegs), Ciarán Thompson (Naomh Conaill), Stephen McBrearty (Kilcar), Caolan McGonigle (Buncrana), Jack O'Brien (Naomh Muire), Tony McClenaghan (Moville), Rory Carr (St Eunan's) and Caolan Ward (St Eunan's). With the exception of Ward, all of the above are in the 19-20 age bracket.