Martin Carney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Máirtín Ó Cearnaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Born |
1951 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 | ||
Martin Carney (Irish: Máirtín Ó Cearnaigh) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer.
Since retirement, Carney has maintained a national presence as commentator for RTÉ and TV analyst with The Sunday Game.
Early life[edit]
Carney was born in Bundoran, County Donegal, and grew up in Ballyshannon, He was educated at St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, where he played Gaelic football for the school team.[1] He is the older brother of former college president Michael Carney. He is one of three 20th century footballers to play for the Donegal county football team while still attending the college; the others were Seamus Hoare and Paul McGettigan.[2]
Another brother, Dermot, was principal at St Ciaran's Community School in Kells. Carney is a nephew of Jackie Carney.[3]
Sporting career[edit]
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 was at one time[when?] the 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 previously managed Mayo's U21 football side, taking them 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[edit]
Carney is former principal at Scoil Mhuire agus Padraig in Swinford.[6]
Career statistics[edit]
| Team | Season | Provincial | All-Ireland | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Donegal | 1971 | 1 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 |
| 1972 | 4 | 1-02 | 1 | 1-01 | 5 | 2-03 | |
| 1973 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 1974 | 4 | 0-06 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-06 | |
| 1975 | 1 | 0-07 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-07 | |
| 1976 | 1 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-02 | |
| 1977 | 1 | 0-07 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-07 | |
| 1978 | 1 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | |
| Mayo | 1979 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0-06 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-06 | |
| 1981 | 3 | 1-10 | 1 | 0-01 | 4 | 1-11 | |
| 1982 | 1 | 0-06 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-06 | |
| 1983 | 3 | 1-08 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 1-08 | |
| 1984 | 2 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | |
| 1985 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | |
| 1986 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 1987 | 2 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | |
| 1988 | 3 | 1-08 | 1 | 0-02 | 4 | 1-10 | |
| 1989 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| Total | 37 | 4-66 | 6 | 1-04 | 43 | 5-70 | |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ St. Eunan's College: 1906 - 2006. Browne Printers Ltd. 2006. p. 52.
- ^ "Sad passing of Jackie Carney's wife". Hogan Stand. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Mayo to consider Kearns". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2005.
- ^ "GAA: Donegal's greatest team of the past 50 years named". Donegal Daily. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ 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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