Dermot Molloy

Dermot Brick Molloy (born 199?) is a Gaelic footballer who plays forward for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

Dermot Brick Molloy
Personal information
Irish name Diarmuid Bríce Ó Ludhóg[1][2]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born 199?
County Donegal, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0[3] in (1.83 m)
Nickname Brick
Occupation Student[3]
Club(s)
Years Club
?–
 Naomh Conaill
Club titles
Donegal titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
201?–201?
 Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

With a half-century of appearances for his county,[4][5] he played for Donegal in two All-Ireland senior finals. A fixture in the Donegal teams of the Jim McGuinness era, Molloy won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2012 and three Ulster Senior Football Championships, in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Early life

He was educated at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny.[6] As a ten-year-old he wrote in a scrapbook of his wish to play for Donegal and win an All-Ireland medal.[7]

Playing career

Club

Molloy has had great success with his club Naomh Conaill, winning Championships at under-age level and then the Donegal Senior Football Championship.

He first encountered McGuinness while with his club and first played under him in 2009, a year in which reached the final of the Donegal Senior Football Championship but lost.[8]

He captained the Naomh Conaill team that won the Under-21 Football Championship in 2012. He also played in five consecutive Under-21 Football Championship Finals, winning three from those five.

Molloy scored 1–4 (0–1f) for his club in the final of the 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship. He then finished top scorer overall in the 2010 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship when they reached the final against Crossmaglen Rangers but narrowly missed out on winning the club's first Ulster Football Championship title.[9]

He played for his club in the final of the 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship. They won.[10]

Inter-county

Minor

Molloy played minor inter-county football for Donegal in 2008 and 2009.

Under-21

Molloy played for the under-21 footballers in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and captained the team in 2012.

He played for Donegal in the 2010 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship campaign, contributing six points (including three frees) to the team's three-point quarter-final victory over Armagh, three points (all frees) to the team's four-point semi-final victory over Derry and either 1–3[8] or 1–2 (including 1 free)[11] to the team's comprehensive final victory over Cavan, with all three games played at neutral Brewster Park.[8][11]

He then played in the final of the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, which Donegal (managed by Jim McGuinness) narrowly lost to Dublin (managed by Jim Gavin), though Molloy scored five points (including four frees).[12]

Senior

Following the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship final loss, and while returning home to Galway (where he lived with Leo McLoone at the time), Molloy received word that he had been called into the senior county team.[8]

Molloy made his senior inter-county debut against Down in the Ulster Football Championship quarter-final as a 19-year-old. He scored 1–3 on the day. He was then cited a week later for an incident with Down player Damian Rafferty with a leading elbow. He then missed Donegal's qualifier Championship match with Armagh in Crossmaglen.

Molloy scored a late goal in the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final victory over Tyrone in Clones.[13]

He was a member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo, coming on as a substitute for Martin McElhinney in injury time in the second half.[14][15][16]

Molloy started Rory Gallagher's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.[17] He left the team later that month, ahead of the start of the 2015 National Football League.[4][18][5][19]

Honours
Donegal
Naomh Conaill
Individual
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References
  1. "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". Donegal Daily. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. "Bríce". teanglann.ie.
  3. "Player profiles: Dermot Molloy". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. "Dermot Molloy withdraws from Donegal panel". Donegal News. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015. Molloy's last game for Donegal was the McKenna Cup win over Fermanagh in Ballyshannon where he came off the bench in the second half to make his 50th appearance for the county...
  5. "Forward Dermot Molloy quits Donegal panel". BBC Sport. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. "Twitter feed". St Eunan's College. EunansFootball Best of luck 2our past pupils who r in Donegal panel v Cork in All Ire Semi-Final on Sun @neilgerardgalla @murphm95 @AntoinMcFadden @Tommyk_91 @BrickMolloy @123kav @kevin_raff @gmacfadden14 @mdboyler24 +Mr McFadden #TheCollege
  7. "'Brick' was building from an early age". Donegal Democrat. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  8. McNulty, Chris (7 April 2020). "The diary, the dream and Donegal's first steps to 'the other place'". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. "McLoone proves too hot". Irish Independent. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  10. Foley, Alan (19 October 2015). "Gutsy Naomh Conaill edge to glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  11. "Ulster U21FC: Murphy leads Donegal to title". Hogan Stand. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  12. O'Toole, Fintan (6 April 2013). "Remember the last time that Jim Gavin managed against Jim McGuinness?: The opposing managers in tomorrow's Division 1 league tie in Ballybofey have come face to face before". The42.ie. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  13. "'Brick' seals Ulster final spot". Donegal Democrat. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  14. "Live updates from the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park". RTÉ Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  15. "Sams World Tour of Donegal". Donegal Daily. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  16. "Gary McFadden lifts Sam Maguire Trophy". Sports File. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  17. McNulty, Chris (4 January 2015). "Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry". Donegal News. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  18. "Dermot Molloy steps away from Donegal panel". Highland Radio. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  19. "Dermot Molloy quits the Donegal panel". RTÉ Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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