Irish name Brian MacDonaill Years Club Sport Gaelic football Years County | Position Corner Forward Name Brian McDonald Nickname Beano | |
Born 7 June 1980 (age 44) County Laois ( 1980-06-07 ) | ||
Brian McDonald (born 7 June 1980) is a Gaelic footballer. He plies his trade with Arles-Killeen and Laois.
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Club
He plays for the Arles-Killeen club with whom he has won 3 Laois Intermediate Football Championship medals and in 2006 he inspired them to reach the Laois Senior Football Championship final where they were beaten by Ballyroan Gaels.
Inter-county
He who won two All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medals with Laois in 1996 and 1997 and a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 2003. As a 15-year-old he played in the 1995 Laois team beaten in the final of the Leinster Minor Football Championship after a second replay by Westmeath and was part of the 1998 team denied a three in a row by Tyrone.
He made a return after a long spell out of the game following a horrific broken ankle suffered in Croke Park in 2004 in a game against Tyrone.
International
In 2003 he was part of the Ireland international rules football team that played the Australia international rules football team in Australia.