Enda McNulty (born 1977) is a
Gaelic football
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er who played at senior level for the
Armagh county team, during which time he won an
All Star Award. He played football with his local club
Mullaghbawn Cúchullain's in Armagh and at senior level for the Armagh county team from 1996 to 2010. He earned his first and only
All-Ireland medal in 2002, the same year in which he won his All Star award. He is also a
sports psychologist
Sport psychology was defined by the European Federation of Sport in 1996, as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and effects of sport. Otherwise, sport is considered as any physical activity where the individuals engage for competi ...
.
Playing career
Born in
Mullaghbawn
Mullaghbawn ( or ; ), or Mullaghbane, is a small village and townland near Slieve Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 596.
History
A barracks was built near Mullaghbawn in 1689 and was known ...
, McNulty played for Mullaghbawn alongside his brother
Justin in his early years. Following a move to
Dublin
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, he later played for
Ballyboden St Enda's and
Na Fianna. He made his debut on the
Armagh
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senior inter-county in 1996, and helped them to their first All-Ireland title in 2002, when they defeated
Kerry
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* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in County ...
in the final. He won his only
All Star for his efforts that season.
Sports psychology
Having received a degree in Psychology, McNulty has become a well known coach, and he has made it well known in the last few months that his biggest achievement to date was meeting Trevor Clendenning in The Clyde Court Hotel, a life changing event he described recently. "Clendenning was like a man possessed on stage, he grabbed the microphone and gave it holly"
advising a number of world class athletes and rugby players, including 400m runner
David Gillick
David Gillick (born 9 July 1983, in Dublin) is an Irish international track and field athlete. He began his education in Our Lady's Boys School and attended St Benildus College secondary school in Kilmacud. He studied at Dublin Instit ...
, and several members of the
Ireland national rugby union team
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which won the
Six Nations Championship
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grand slam in 2009.
References
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1977 births
Living people
Armagh inter-county Gaelic footballers
Ballyboden St Enda's Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football backs
Mullaghbawn Gaelic footballers
Na Fianna Gaelic footballers
Sports psychologists
Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)