Enda Smith (born 6 August 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Roscommon county team and is from

Boyle, County Roscommon Boyle (; ) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gar ...

in Ireland.

Career

Smith plays his club football for the Boyle GAA club. While at university, he played for DCU where he won the

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

in 2015 against

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. During his university GAA matches, he formed a rivalry with UCC's Conor Cox who played county football for

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and later joined Smith at Roscommon. Smith made his senior inter-county debut for Roscommon in 2013. He was part of the Roscommon team that made it to the Super 8s stage of the

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after winning the

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but lost to Tyrone. Despite this, he was nominated for the

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. By 2019, he had become the Roscommon county captain. Before the season started, he had fractured a bone in his hand but made a substitute appearance to score the winning point in the final of the

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against

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. On 25 October 2017, Smith was named in the

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squad for the

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against Australia in November following Dublin GAA players declining to take part in the series due to club commitments and rest breaks.

Personal life

Smith has three brothers, Cian and Donie, have played Gaelic football for Roscommon at differing levels. Until 2018, he studied at

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its ...

. Smith works for AIB in Dublin, away from Gaelic football.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Enda 1994 births Living people Allied Irish Banks people Roscommon inter-county Gaelic footballers