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Brendan Devenney
Brendan Devenney (born 1976) is an Irish Gaelic football coach, broadcaster and former player. He played as a forward.
Devenney played for the St Eunan's club, and also represented the Donegal county team. He contested ?[quantify] Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) finals with Donegal, played in a semi-final of the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and won the 2007 National Football League title. Of a mercurial temperament, Devenney often wandered away from the sport to play association football instead. Described by RTÉ as "one of the greatest players to have worn the Donegal jersey", Devenney was his county's "main marksman in the pre-McGuinness era". He also won five Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles with his club. Devenney was a member of the Ireland team that won the 1998 and 2001 International Rules Series.
After retiring, Devenney remained involved with his local club (having co-managed them to a Donegal SFC in 2012). He appears on media platforms such as Highland Radio, and files a column for the Letterkenny Leader. He is also having to come to terms with Michael Murphy naming him on national television as his childhood hero. A shocked Devenney opened up on this revelation years later: "And that was back when Michael was already the fuckin' man! The fact that he has called me his hero is, probably, the most humbling thing that anyone has ever said to me". Devenney later said: "Has anyone's hero turned around and then been their hero? Because Michael would be mine. So it's come full circle".
Devenney played for his school team, St Eunan's College.
In the final of the 1999 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Devenney broke Martin McHugh's record by scoring 0–14 of his team's 1–19 to their opponents Aodh Ruadh's 1–11. Devenney punctured a lung while playing for his club against Clonoe of Tyrone in the Ulster Club SFC in 2008. He ignored his injury, sustained in the first half, and carried on until the end of the game—scoring four points and contributing to the decisive goal which won the game for his team—after which he was hospitalised. He also captained his club.
He won five Donegal SFCs as a player.
He also played for Donegal New York.
Devenney played senior football for Donegal despite not having played underage. His debut against Cork in the National Football League quarter-final at Croke Park in March 1998 was nothing short of sensational: he scored 2–2. Declan Bonner gave Devenney his championship debut in 1998. He played in his first Ulster Senior Football Championship final later that year, and though he lost, he received the man of the match award.
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Brendan Devenney
Brendan Devenney (born 1976) is an Irish Gaelic football coach, broadcaster and former player. He played as a forward.
Devenney played for the St Eunan's club, and also represented the Donegal county team. He contested ?[quantify] Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) finals with Donegal, played in a semi-final of the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and won the 2007 National Football League title. Of a mercurial temperament, Devenney often wandered away from the sport to play association football instead. Described by RTÉ as "one of the greatest players to have worn the Donegal jersey", Devenney was his county's "main marksman in the pre-McGuinness era". He also won five Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles with his club. Devenney was a member of the Ireland team that won the 1998 and 2001 International Rules Series.
After retiring, Devenney remained involved with his local club (having co-managed them to a Donegal SFC in 2012). He appears on media platforms such as Highland Radio, and files a column for the Letterkenny Leader. He is also having to come to terms with Michael Murphy naming him on national television as his childhood hero. A shocked Devenney opened up on this revelation years later: "And that was back when Michael was already the fuckin' man! The fact that he has called me his hero is, probably, the most humbling thing that anyone has ever said to me". Devenney later said: "Has anyone's hero turned around and then been their hero? Because Michael would be mine. So it's come full circle".
Devenney played for his school team, St Eunan's College.
In the final of the 1999 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Devenney broke Martin McHugh's record by scoring 0–14 of his team's 1–19 to their opponents Aodh Ruadh's 1–11. Devenney punctured a lung while playing for his club against Clonoe of Tyrone in the Ulster Club SFC in 2008. He ignored his injury, sustained in the first half, and carried on until the end of the game—scoring four points and contributing to the decisive goal which won the game for his team—after which he was hospitalised. He also captained his club.
He won five Donegal SFCs as a player.
He also played for Donegal New York.
Devenney played senior football for Donegal despite not having played underage. His debut against Cork in the National Football League quarter-final at Croke Park in March 1998 was nothing short of sensational: he scored 2–2. Declan Bonner gave Devenney his championship debut in 1998. He played in his first Ulster Senior Football Championship final later that year, and though he lost, he received the man of the match award.