Martin Carney

Martin Carney (Irish: Máirtín Ó Cearnaigh) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer.

Martin Cearney
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Cearnaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1952
Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland
Occupation Retired secondary school principal
Club(s)
Years Club
 Aodh Ruadh
Castlebar Mitchels
Club titles
Donegal titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1970–1978
1979–1989
 Donegal
Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 4
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Since retirement, Carney has maintained a national presence as commentator for RTÉ and TV analyst with The Sunday Game.

Early life

Born in Bundoran, County Donegal, although he was raised in Ballyshannon, Carney was educated at St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, played Gaelic football for the school team,[1] and is the older brother of former college president Michael Carney. He is one of three footballers from the twentieth century to have played for the Donegal county football team while still attending the College; the others are Seamus Hoare and Paul McGettigan.[2] Another brother, Dermot, was principal at St Ciaran's Community School in Kells and lives in nearby Athboy; Martin Carney is a nephew of Jackie Carney.[3]

Sporting career

Carney is a former inter-county footballer for Donegal and Mayo.

In 2002 and 2003, he was one of the selection team for the Coca-Cola International Rules Series.

Carney emerged as favourite to take over from John Maughan as manager of the Mayo senior football side but quickly ruled himself out of contention. John O'Mahony became manager, with Carney acting as a statistician and video analyst.

He has experience of management with Mayo in the past, taking the U21 football side to two All-Ireland finals in 1994 and 1995, both which they failed to win, as the minors did in 1991 also.[4]

In May 2012, the Irish Independent named him in its selection of Donegal's "greatest team" spanning the previous 50 years.[5]

Professional life

Carney is former principal at Scoil Mhuire agus Padraig in Swinford.[6]

Career statistics
Team Season Provincial All-Ireland Total
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Donegal 1971 10-0100-0010-01
1972 41-0211-0152-03
1973 00-0000-0000-00
1974 40-0610-0050-06
1975 10-0700-0010-07
1976 10-0200-0010-02
1977 10-0700-0010-07
1978 10-0100-0010-01
Mayo 1979 10-0000-0010-00
1980 30-0600-0030-06
1981 31-1010-0141-11
1982 10-0600-0010-06
1983 31-0800-0031-08
1984 20-0100-0020-01
1985 20-0020-0040-00
1986 20-0000-0020-00
1987 20-0100-0020-01
1988 31-0810-0241-10
1989 20-0000-0020-00
Total 374-6661-04435-70
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References
  1. "MacLarnon 2000". 24 October 2006. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006. In 1968 the St. Eunan's College Senior Gaelic Football Team coached by Mr. Michael Cullen and including future intercounty stars Martin Carney, Hugh McClafferty, Michael Oliver McIntyre and captained by Donal Doherty from Kilcar brought the Dr. McLarnon Cup to our college for the first time.
  2. St. Eunan's College: 1906 - 2006. Browne Printers Ltd. 2006. p. 52.
  3. "Sad passing of Jackie Carney's wife". Hogan Stand. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. "Mayo to consider Kearns". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
  5. "GAA: Donegal's greatest team of the past 50 years named". Donegal Daily. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. Guidera, Anita; Brady, Tom (8 April 2009). "Garda loses fight for life after being injured in line of duty". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
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