Brendan McVeigh

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Brendan McVeigh
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	1981 (age 32–33) Down, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2000-	An Ríocht
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2003-	Down
Inter-county titles
All Stars	1

Brendan McVeigh is a Gaelic football player from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter county football team and for his club An Ríocht as a goalkeeper. McVeigh made his first start in 2005 against Tyrone he also played Midfield in the 2005 Championship, scoring a point.

He played in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final in which Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork.^[1]

In October 2010, McVeigh was named as the goalkeeper in the 2010 All Star football team for his performances for Down during the 2010 season; it was his first All Star Award.^[2]^[3] In November 2010, McVeigh was also named in the 2010 GPA Gaelic Football Team of the Year.^[4]

Honours

Winner

1 All Stars Award (2010)
1 Irish News Ulster All Star (2010)
1 Dr. McKenna Cup (2008)
1 Railway Cup (2012)
1 Down ACFL League Division 1 (2007)
2 Down ACFL Division 2s (2006, 2009)

Runner-up

1 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2010)
2 Ulster Senior Football Championships (2003, 2010)
2 National Football League Division 2s (2004, 2010)
1 National Football League Division 3 (2009)

References

↑ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
↑ "'Strange' All Stars snub for Rebels". Irish Independent. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
↑ "Four Down players are among the 2010 GAA All Stars". BBC Sport. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
↑ "Cork & Down dominate GPA selection". RTÉ Sport. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-11-10.

External links

Brendan McVeigh Interview

Down – 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 B. McVeigh
2 D. McCartan
3 D. Gordon
4 D. Rafferty
5 D. Rooney
6 K. McKernan
7 C. Garvey
8 P. Fitzpatrick
9 K. King
10 D. Hughes
11 M. Poland
12 B. Coulter (c)
13 P. McComiskey
14 J. Clarke
15 M. Clarke

Sub used: C. Maginn for J. Clarke; B. MacArdle for D. Rafferty; A. Brannigan for K. King; C. Laverty for M. Poland; R. Murtagh for P. McComiskey

Subs not used: D. Alder; A .Carr; J. Colgan; L. Howard; D. O'Hagan; M. Doran; A. Rodgers; R. Sexton; J. Browne; G. McArdle; K. Anderson; A. McArdle; P. Devlin; K. Duffin; L. Lennon; C. Murdock

Manager: J. McCartan

Backroom team: B. McIver; P. Tally; J. Johnston

v t e 2010 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 B. McVeigh 2 P. Kelly 3 M. Shields 4 C. Harrison 5 P. Kissane 6 G. Canty 7 P. Jordan 8 P. Keenan 9 A. Walsh 10 D. Hughes 11 M. Clarke 12 J. Doyle 13 C. Cooper 14 B. Brogan^FOTY 15 B. Coulter

Persondata
Name	McVeigh, Brendan
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player
Date of birth	1981
Place of birth	County Down
Date of death
Place of death

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