Marty Boyle is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who plays for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. In 2005, Boyle played for his club in the final of the Donegal Senior Football Championship. He played (and scored) 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 played for his club in the final of the

2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship The 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship was being contested by senior Gaelic football clubs under the auspices of Donegal GAA. The defending champions were St Eunan's. Format The 2015 County Championship took the same format as the 20 ...

. His team won all three games. He also played 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.

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 ...

called Boyle into the Donegal senior team ahead of the

2011 Dr McKenna Cup The 2011 Dr McKenna Cup was a Gaelic football competition played under the auspices of Ulster GAA. The tournament was won by Derry, their first McKenna title in 12 years. They defeated Tyrone in the final. The final was postponed due to the dea ...

following his club success of 2010. He received his first championship start in the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against

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at Breffni Park, with Frank McGlynn absent due to a torn hamstring. In the

2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 125th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny who only take part in the hurling championship), Lond ...

semi-final, Dublin player Diarmuid Connolly punched Boyle in the face and then grabbed him by the throat; Connolly was

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ed as a result. Boyle sat on the bench during Donegal's

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 ...

win.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Marty 1980s births Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Naomh Conaill Gaelic footballers