Niall McCready is an Irish former

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er who played for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team. He won an

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medal with Donegal in 1995. He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to

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in February 2003. He played in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against

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. He made a substitute appearance for his club in the final of the 2012

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. He is the actual

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of Brian McEniff. In 2022, McCready was announced as trainer of Naomh Bríd under the management of Aidan Murray.

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