Tony Boyle (Gaelic footballer)
Tony Boyle (born 1970)
He is from Keadue. His father Tony Boyle Snr died in 2022 and his mother Kathleen died in 1997.[3] From a family of seven, Tony Jnr has three sisters: Breda, Nicola and Karen.[3] Tony Snr, Tony Jnr, Tony Snr's three brothers (John, Packie and Manus) and Tony Jnr's three brothers (Brendan, Danny and James) all played at the same time for Keadue Rovers.[3]
He made 107 appearances for Donegal.[4] He played for them from 1992 to 2001.
Aged 19, he made his championship debut as a 2nd half sub for Tommy Ryan v Armagh in the 1990 Ulster SFC final, won by Donegal.[1] With the game tied (and via Barry McGowan), he found Manus Boyle, who scored a critical point.[1]
A forward, he began at full-forward in the
He made a substitute appearance in Mickey Moran's first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to Offaly in October 2000.[6]
He managed under-16 and minor ladies' teams for his club.[5] And the seniors.[7][8][9] He, with Tommy Ryan, was part of John Joe Doherty's backroom team when Doherty managed Donegal.[5]
Honours
- 1992[5]
- Ulster Senior Football Championship: 1990,[1] 1992[citation needed]
- Donegal All-County League Champions: 1996, 2001
- All Star: 1992[citation needed]
- In May 2012, the Irish Independent named him as part of Donegal's "greatest team" spanning the past 50 years.[10]
- Silver Jubilee Football Team of the Ulster GAA Writers Association (UGAAWA) nomination: 2012[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c d McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
A 19-year-old Tony Boyle sat anxiously on the substitutes[sic] bench in the Gerry Arthurs Stand.
- ^ "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". YouTube. 21 March 2020. Ger Canning said he was "only 22 years of age, Tony", ahead of the 1992 All-Ireland SFC final. This suggests a birthday between July and September 1970; therefore he would not have been born in 1971.
- ^ a b c "Tribute to popular Keadue native". Donegal News. 1 September 2022. p. 25.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (22 June 2013). "'Score goals or you have no chance of beating Donegal': Former scoring ace Tony Boyle issues challenge to Sam pretenders". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ "Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start". The Irish Times. 30 October 2000.
- ^ "GAA news: Tony Boyle confirmed as new senior manager at Dungloe". 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ Forker, Mark (12 January 2016). "Tony Boyle re-appointed Dungloe senior team manager". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (6 December 2016). "Naul honoured for a lifetime's service as Tony steps down". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "GAA: Donegal's greatest team of the past 50 years named". 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (4 December 2012). "Ulster GAA Writers to hold landmark bash in Donegal". Donegal News. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
Current All-Stars Karl Lacey, the 2012 Footballer of the Year, and Michael Murphy have been short-listed, as have 1992 All-Ireland winners Martin McHugh, Anthony Molloy, Matt Gallagher and Tony Boyle.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (12 December 2012). "Donegal take the top writers' awards". Donegal News. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
Lacey, meanwhile, was named on the UGAAWA Jubilee Team, a selection which caused widespread debate, with some surprise in Donegal that neither of Martin McHugh or Tony Boyle were named.
External links
- Tony Boyle at GAAinfo.com
- McNulty, Chris (7 June 2020). "A self-made debut to the Promised Land: How Tony Boyle became a Donegal great". Retrieved 7 June 2020.