Brian Murray (born 1963/4) is an

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former Gaelic footballer who played for clubs in Donegal, Dublin and Kildare, as well as for the Donegal county team. He is from

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. In April 1980, he scored a goal at Croke Park as his secondary school De La Salle College Ballyshannon, defeated Leinster champions St Mary's CBS, Portlaoise, by 2–10 to 1–6 to win the All-Ireland Colleges B title. In November 1988, Pat Spillane passed the ball to Murray; Murray promptly scored a goal to defeat The Kingdom in their own county. Murray played against Armagh and scored a point in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal. He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He played in midfield and started in midfield in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated

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by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He played his club football for Aodh Ruadh and the Civil Service (Dublin), whom he was a member of when he played Dublin in the All-Ireland Final of 1992. Murray worked as a Detective Garda based at

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Garda Station in

. He was the only member of the 1992 panel living outside Donegal. He joined the

Kilcock Kilcock () is a town and townland in the north of County Kildare, Ireland, on the border with County Meath. Its population of 6,093 makes it the ninth largest town in Kildare and 76th largest in Ireland. The town is located 35 km (22&nbs ...

club in 1996. He was still appearing as a substitute during

Declan Bonner Declan Bonner (born 11 August 1965) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played at senior level for the Donegal county team, winning an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1992. He later managed the Donegal county team for ...

's first spell as county manager. As of 2021, he was a Detective Garda based in County Kildare.

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Brian Murray
at GAAinfo.com
''Donegal Democrat'' article
1960s births Living people Aodh Ruadh Gaelic footballers Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Garda Síochána officers People educated at De La Salle College Ballyshannon People from Ballyshannon Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) Police officers from County Donegal {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub