Darren Fay

Darren Fay
Personal information
Irish name	Darren Ó Féich
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	11 April 1976 (1976-04-11) (age 35) Trim, County Meath, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Trim
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1996-2008	Meath	49
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All Irelands	2
NFL	1 Div 2
All Stars	3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:42, 4 August 2007 (UTC).

Darren Fay (born 11 April 1976 in Meath) is a former successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons, Jack Quinn, Paddy O'Brien & Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim. He came to prominence in 1996 when he won an All Ireland senior medal in his first season as a Meath regular first team player. In 1999 he won his second All Ireland medal. He is also the holder of 3 Leinster Senior medals. Darren has won 3 All Star awards. For the 2006 season Darren made himself unavailable for the Meath team but he returned to the Meath panel for the 2007 season. On July 23, 2008 Fay confirmed his retirement after a shocking defeat to Limerick.

External links

Official Meath Website

Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1996 (6th title)

1 C. Martin \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 M. O'Connell \| 5 C. Coyle \| 6 E. McManus \| 7 P. Reynolds \| 8 J. McGuinness \| 9 J. McDermott \| 10 T. Giles \| 11 T. Dowd (Capt.) \| 12 G. Geraghty \| 13 C. Brady \| 14 B. Reilly \| 15 B. Callaghan \| Subs: J. Devine \| O. Murphy \| Manager: S. Boylan

Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1999 (7th title)

1 C. Sullivan \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 C. Murphy \| 5 P. Reynolds \| 6 E. McManus \| 7 H. Traynor \| 8 N. Crawford \| 9 J. McDermott \| 10 E. Kelly \| 11 T. Giles \| 12 N. Nestor \| 13 O. Murphy \| 14 G. Geraghty (Capt.) \| 15 D. Curtis \| Subs: R. Kealy \| B. Callaghan \| T. Dowd \| Manager: S. Boylan

Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 2001

1 C. Sullivan \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 C. Murphy \| 5 D. Curtis \| 6 N. Nestor \| 7 H. Traynor \| 8 N. Crawford \| 9 J. McDermott \| 10 E. Kelly \| 11 T. Giles (c) \| 12 R. Kealy \| 13 O. Murphy \| 14 G. Geraghty \| 15 R. McGee \| Manager: S. Boylan

Ireland international football team 2001 | International Rules Series

1 C. Sullivan |

2 G. Canty |

3 D. Fay |

4 S. M. Lockhart |

5 A. Rainbow |

6 K. McGeeney |

7 S. Óg De Paor |

8 D. Ó Sé |

9 S. Moynihan |

10 D. Earley | 11 M. Donnellan |

12 T. Kennelly | 13 G. Geraghty |

14 A. Tohill (c) |

15 B. Devenney |

Subs: • C. McManus |

• P. Joyce |

• B. J. O'Sullivan |

• E. O'Hara

• J. Crowley |

• F. Grehan |

• C. McAnallen • C. Goggins • M. F. Russell • D. McCabe • N. Buckley • C. Whelan

Coach: B. McEniff
Selectors: • J. O'Keeffe |

• P. Clarke |

1996 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 F. McConnell \| 2 K. Mortimer \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 M. O'Connell^FOTY \| 5 P. Holmes \| 6 J. Nallen \| 7 P. Curran \| 8 J. McDermott \| 9 L. McHale \| 10 T. Giles \| 11 T. Dowd \| 12 J. Horan \| 13 J. Brolly \| 14 P. Canavan \| 15 M. Fitzgerald

1999 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 K. O'Dwyer \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 A. Lynch \| 5 C. O'Sullivan \| 6 K. McGeeney \| 7 P. Reynolds \| 8 J. McDermott \| 9 C. Whelan \| 10 D. Marsden \| 11 T. Giles^FOTY \| 12 J. Horan \| 13 P. Clifford \| 14 G. Geraghty \| 15 O. Murphy

2001 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 C. Sullivan \| 2 K. Fitzgerald \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 C. Goggins \| 5 D. Meehan \| 6 F. Grehan \| 7 S. De Paor \| 8 K. Walsh \| 9 R. O'Connell \| 10 E. Kelly \| 11 S. O'Neill \| 12 M. Donnellan^FOTY \| 13 O. Murphy \| 14 P. Joyce \| 15 J. Crowley

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Name	Fay, Darren
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Date of birth	11 April 1976
Place of birth	Trim, County Meath
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