Dermot Brick Molloy (born 199?) is a

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er who plays forward for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. With a half-century of appearances for his county, he played for Donegal in two All-Ireland senior finals. A fixture in the Donegal teams of the

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is an association football coach and former Gaelic footballer, coach and Manager (Gaelic games), manager, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as both player and manager with the Donegal ...

era, Molloy won an

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and three

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s, in

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and

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Early life

He was educated at

St Eunan's College St Eunan's College ( ; ga, Coláiste Adhamhnáin), known locally as The College to distinguish it from the cathedral and GAA club, is a voluntary Roman Catholic all-male secondary day school (and former boarding school) in County Donegal, Ire ...

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. As a ten-year-old he wrote in a scrapbook of his wish to play for Donegal and win an All-Ireland medal.

Playing career

Club

Molloy has had great success with his club Naomh Conaill, winning Championships at under-age level and then the Donegal Senior Football Championship. He first encountered McGuinness while with his club and first played under him in 2009, a year in which reached the final of the Donegal Senior Football Championship but lost. He captained the Naomh Conaill team that won the Under-21 Football Championship in 2012. He also played in five consecutive Under-21 Football Championship Finals, winning three from those five. Molloy scored 1–4 (including one free) for his club in the final of the

2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship The 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship was contested by senior Gaelic football clubs under the auspices of Donegal GAA. Naomh Conaill were 2010 Champions, their second ever title. Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were played on Saturday ...

. He then finished top scorer overall in the 2010 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship when they reached the final against

Crossmaglen Rangers Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Raonaithe na Croise) is a GAA club in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St. Oliver Plunkett Park, which was ...

but narrowly missed out on winning the club's first Ulster Football Championship title. He played for his club in the final of the

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. They won. He made a substitute appearance for his club in the final of the

2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship The 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 97th official edition of Donegal GAA, Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. 16 teams competed, with the winner representing Donegal in t ...

. They won, following a second replay. He made a substitute appearance for his club in the final of the

2020 Donegal Senior Football Championship The 2020 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 98th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. 16 teams compete with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Seni ...

. They won, following extra-time and a penalty shoot-out. He missed his club's 2022

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Donegal Senior semi-final and final wins as they coincided with his

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Inter-county

Minor

Molloy played minor inter-county football for Donegal in 2008 and 2009.

Under-21

Molloy played for the under-21 footballers in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and captained the team in 2012. He played for Donegal in the 2010

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campaign, contributing six points (including three frees) to the team's three-point quarter-final victory over

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, three points (all frees) to the team's four-point semi-final victory over

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and to the team's comprehensive final victory over

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, with all three games played at neutral Brewster Park. He then played in the final of the

2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an under 21 Gaelic football inter county competition between the 32 counties of Ireland. Four competitions are contested in each province and the winners of each provincial championship enters the ...

, which Donegal (managed by

) narrowly lost to

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(managed by Jim Gavin), though Molloy scored five points (including four frees).

Senior

Following the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship final loss, and while returning home to

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(where he lived with

Leo McLoone Leo McLoone (born 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, the Donegal county team. A versatile player, often employed as a forward, he has been an important source of goals for club and county. McL ...

at the time), Molloy received word that he had been called into the senior county team. Molloy made his senior inter-county debut against Down in the

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quarter-final as a 19-year-old. He scored 1–3 on the day. He was then cited a week later for an incident with Down player Damian Rafferty with a leading elbow. He thus missed Donegal's

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qualifier match against

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. Molloy scored a late goal in the

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semi-final victory over Tyrone in

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. He was a member of the Donegal panel that won the

2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final The 2012 All-Ireland Football Final, the 125th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park, Dublin, on 23 September 2012. Donegal and Mayo, widely considered "one of the mos ...

against

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, coming on as a substitute for Martin McElhinney in injury time in the second half. Molloy started

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's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to

. He left the team later that month, ahead of the start of the 2015 National Football League.

Honours

;Donegal *

* National Football League Division 2:

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runner-up: 2010 *

: 2010 ;Naomh Conaill *

Donegal Senior Football Championship The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been known ...

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* Donegal Senior League: 2011 * Donegal Under-21 Football Championship: 2008, 2010, 2012 * Donegal Minor Football Championship: 2009 ;Individual * Ulster ''

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'' Team of the Year: 2010

References

External links

Molloy holds the Sam Maguire Cup aloft
{{DEFAULTSORT:Molloy, Dermot 1990s births Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football forwards Naomh Conaill Gaelic footballers People educated at St Eunan's College Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)