Gerry McEntee (born 19 October 1955) is an

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former

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er who played for the Meath county team. He played club football for Nobber GFC.

Career

During his playing career he helped his club Nobber to rise from Junior "B" to the top level, the

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. He experienced success while playing inter-county football during the 1980s and early 1990s on the Meath teams managed by

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, for whom he usually played at midfield. He won two

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s in 1987 and 1988, as well as five

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s, two

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s and a Centenary Cup Medal. He also captained UCD to a

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title in 1978. McEntee was sent off in the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final replay. He struck

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and was dismissed in the seventh minute of the game. McEntee managed Dublin club St Brigid's to their first and second

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in 2003 and again in 2011, as well as their first

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in 2003. He also managed St Brigid's's minor football team to the Minor and Leinster "A" titles in 2007, with the team narrowly missing out on winning the 2008 "A" title after losing the final to Na Fianna by one point after a replay. He also managed the 2008 Dublin minor football team. McEntee is a qualified surgeon by profession, practising as the

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and

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in Dublin's Mater Hospital, and being a former sportsman, also has an interest in

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injuries sustained while playing sport. A member of both the

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and the

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, he operates from Clinic 5 of the hospital's Whitty Building, and from Suite 10 on 69

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(the latter for private patients). McEntee is the brother of Shane McEntee, the deceased

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TD for Meath. His niece,

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, is the current

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in the Irish government.

References

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Gerry Gerry is both a surname and a masculine or feminine given name. As a given name, it is often a short form (hypocorism) of Gerard, Gerald or Geraldine. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice presi ...

Meath inter-county Gaelic footballers Nobber Gaelic footballers UCD Gaelic footballers Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)