Ger Brennan

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Ger Brennan
Personal information
Irish name	Gearóid Ó Braonáin
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Centre Back
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St Vincents
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2006-	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	5
All Irelands	2
NFL	1

Ger Brennan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and St Vincents. He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois. He finished the tournament with a total of 0-04. Brennan will make his first national league debut for Dublin against Tyrone on February 3, 2007. Ger won his first Dublin Senior Football Championship medal with St Vincents in 2007 in the final against St Brigids at Parnell Park. Ger then went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final against Tyrrellspass of Westmeath. Ger was awarded the honour of being chosen as the Leinster club player of the year for his performances in the Leinster club championship with St Vincents.^[1] He is a graduate of Maynooth College and works as a post-primary school teacher at St. Kevins College, Ballygall.

Club Championship

Ger won the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with St Vincents in a hard fought game.^[2] He won the Dublin Senior Football Championship for Dublin as Captain in 2013.^[3]

County Team

In 2008, Brennan retired from Dublin's football panel citing burnout and fatigue as his reasons. However on July 30th Brennan was named in Dublin's panel for the quarter finals and accepted a return. Ger Played as part of a victorious Dublin squad to win the All Ireland Senior Football Championship in a rousing match against Kerry. Dublin defeated Kerry by 1-12 to 1-11. He won the all-Ireland Championship for Dublin for a second time in 2013 scoring a point in the game against Mayo at Croke Park.^[4]

References

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External links

Dublin senior football team – current panel

1 S. Cluxton

8 M. D. MacAuley
9 C. O'Sullivan

Subs used: 25 E. O'Gara for Mannion; 20 D. Daly for McCaffrey; 26 D. Rock for Kilkenny; 22 K. McManamon for Andrews; 17 D. Bastick for Cooper

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

(Team on 22 September 2013)

v t e St Vincent's – 2007 Dublin Senior Football Champions

1 M. Savage 2 P. Conlon 3 E. Brady 4 H. Gill 5 T. Doyle 6 G. Brennan 7 P. Kelly 8 H. Coughlan 9 M. O'Shea 10 K. Golden 11 T. Diamond 12 N. Billings 13 B. Maloney 14 D. Connolly 15 T. Quinn Substitutes P. Gilroy C. Brady Manager M. Whelan (Team as of October 2007 versus St Brigids)

Dublin Football Squads

Dublin – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (23rd title)

Subs used: 21 P. McMahon for McCarthy; 24 K. McManamon for Flynn; 20 E. O'Gara for Cahill; 25 E. Fennell for Bastick

Subs not used: 16 M. Savage; 17 P. Conlon; 18 P. Casey; 19 D. Henry; 22 T. Quinn; 23 S. Murray; 26 R. McConnell; 27 C. Dias; 28 D. Lally; 29 P. Brogan; 30 P. Griffin

Manager: P. Gilroy

Dublin - 2013 National Football League Champions (9th title)

Subs used: 19 S. Carthy for Whelan; 22 K. McManamon for Cullen; 17 D. Bastick for O'Sullivan; 21 P. McMahon for MacAuley; 25 D. Rock for Brogan

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

Dublin – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (24th title)

Subs used: 25 E. O'Gara for Mannion; 20 D. Daly for McCaffrey; 26 D. Rock for Kilkenny; 22 K. McManamon for Andrews; 17 D. Bastick for Cooper

Subs not used: 16 S. Supple; 18 S. Carthy; 19 B. Cullen; 21 M. Fitzsimons; 23 K. Nolan; 24 K. O'Brien

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

(Team on 22 September 2013)

Persondata
Name	Brennan, Gerard
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player
Date of birth
Place of birth	Marino
Date of death
Place of death

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