Brian McEniff

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Brian McEniff is a Gaelic football manager in Donegal,Ulster and Ireland. He is also a well known hotelier in Ireland. His success culminated in 1992 when he led his native Donegal team to glory at Croke Park in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Dublin.


He is the former manager of the Ulster side which won the 2007 Interprovincial Championship. He has also managed the Gaelic Athletic Association International Rules team and has been the Ulster manager for over two decades.

In his playing career, he featured in the first Donegal team to win an Ulster Championship title in 1972

He is also the recipient of an GAA All Stars Awards in 1972 and has won numerous titles with his home club of Bundoran, the famous St. Joseph's combination of Bundoran and Ballyshannon, Donegal and Ulster. He won his last county championship with Bundoran in 1979, which included the late Brendan McHugh and Seamus Reilly, both county representaives for Sligo, Mayo and Donegal.

He was mentor to Nell McCaffery on the Celebrity Bainisteoir TV programme in 2007.

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Preceded by
Pete McGrath
All-Ireland-winning football manager
1992
Succeeded by
Eamonn Coleman