Brian McDonald (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Brian MacDónaill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Corner Forward | ||
| Born |
7 June 1980 County Laois | ||
| Nickname | Beano | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Arles-Killeen | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2001- | Laois | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
Brian McDonald (born 7 June 1980) is a Gaelic footballer.[1] He plies his trade with Arles-Killeen and Laois.
Playing career
Club
He plays for the Arles-Killeen club with whom he has won 3 Laois Intermediate Football Championship medals and in 2006 he inspired them to reach the Laois Senior Football Championship final where they were beaten by Ballyroan Gaels.
Inter-county
He who won two All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medals with Laois in 1996 and 1997 and a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 2003. As a 15-year-old he played in the 1995 Laois team beaten in the final of the Leinster Minor Football Championship after a second replay by Westmeath and was part of the 1998 team denied a three in a row by Tyrone.
He made a return after a long spell out of the game following a horrific broken ankle suffered in Croke Park in 2004 in a game against Tyrone.
International
In 2003 he was part of the Ireland international rules football team that played the Australia international rules football team in Australia.
References
- ↑ "Goals decisive as Tyrone triumph over adversity". Irish Independent. September 28, 1998. Retrieved 2010-07-16.