Brian Murray (Gaelic footballer)

Brian Murray (born 1963/4)[1] is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team.

6' 3' '[1]

He is from Ballyshannon.

In November 1988, Pat Spillane passed the ball to Murray; Murray promptly scored a goal to defeat The Kingdom in their own county.[2][3]

Murray played against Armagh and scored a point in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal.[4]

He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He played in midfield and started in midfield in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He played his club football for Aodh Ruadh and the Civil Service (Dublin), whom he was a member of when he played Dublin in the All-Ireland Final of 1992.[1] Murray worked as a Detective Garda based at Kilmainham Garda Station in Dublin.[5][6]

He joined the Kilcock club in 1996.[5]

References
  1. "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". 21 March 2020.
  2. McNulty, Chris (28 January 2018). "Kerry deny 14-man Donegal a historic win in Killarney: Kingdom take a mini-classic at Fitzgerald Stadium as David Clifford makes his bow". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 January 2018. It's 30 years now since Pat Spillane gifted Donegal's Brian Murray a game-winning goal...
  3. "Donegal star McBrearty relishing developing Kerry rivalry". Irish Independent. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016. Donegal still haven't won on Kerry soil since November 1988 when a misplaced Pat Spillane pass gifted Donegal a goal, scored by Brian Murray.
  4. McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. "Murray told that his ankle is not broken". The Irish Times. 21 May 1996. The Kilmainham based garda was quite ecstatic in fact after being told at St James's Hospital in Dublin yesterday afternoon that there is no breakage involved in the ankle injury that has had him on crutches for a week and threatened to ruin his chances of playing in the football championship this summer... Murray went over on the ankle while playing with his new club, Kilcock, last week.
  6. Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 - Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
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