Darren Fay
Encyclopedia
Darren Fay is a former successful Meath
Gaelic Football
er. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons
, Jack Quinn
, Paddy O'Brien
& Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness
and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim. He came to prominence in 1996 when he won an All Ireland senior medal in his first season as a Meath regular first team player. In 1999 he won his second All Ireland medal. He is also the holder of 3 Leinster Senior medals. Darren has won 3 All Star awards. For the 2006 season Darren made himself unavailable for the Meath team but he returned to the Meath panel for the 2007 season.
On July 23, 2008 Fay confirmed his retirement after a shocking defeat to Limerick
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Meath GAA
The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :...
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
er. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons
Mick Lyons (Gaelic footballer)
Mick Lyons is a former Gaelic footballer who played for Summerhill and Meath. He won two All Ireland medals with Meath in 1987 and 1988 and has also won two All Star awards. He won the Meath Senior Football Championship with Summerhill in 1986. He has generally played at the full-back position...
, Jack Quinn
Jack Quinn (Gaelic footballer)
Jack Quinn is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success play inter-county football in the sixties on the Meath team. For Meath he usually played Full Back. Sometimes he played at midfield, and often when Meath were chasing games he was moved...
, Paddy O'Brien
Paddy O'Brien (gaelic footballer)
Paddy O'Brien is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success playing inter-county football in the forty's and fifty's on the Meath team. For Meath he played in the Full Back position. He played club football first for Skryne and later for the...
& Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness
Tommy McGuinness
Tommy “The Boiler” McGuinness is a former inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success play inter-county football from around 1929 to the early forty’s on the Meath team. When he initially broke on to the Meath Team he usually played at midfield or...
and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim. He came to prominence in 1996 when he won an All Ireland senior medal in his first season as a Meath regular first team player. In 1999 he won his second All Ireland medal. He is also the holder of 3 Leinster Senior medals. Darren has won 3 All Star awards. For the 2006 season Darren made himself unavailable for the Meath team but he returned to the Meath panel for the 2007 season.
On July 23, 2008 Fay confirmed his retirement after a shocking defeat to Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...
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