Brendan Devenney (born 1976) is an Irish Gaelic football coach, broadcaster and former player. He played as a forward.
Devenney played for the St Eunan's club, and also represented the Donegal county team. He contested ?[quantify] Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) finals with Donegal, played in a semi-final of the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and won the 2007 National Football League title. Of a mercurial temperament,[2] Devenney often wandered away from the sport to play association football instead. Described by RTÉ as "one of the greatest players to have worn the Donegal jersey", Devenney was his county's "main marksman in the pre-McGuinness era".[3] He also won five Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles with his club. Devenney was a member of the Ireland team that won the 1998 and 2001 International Rules Series.
After retiring, Devenney remained involved with his local club (having co-managed them to a Donegal SFC in 2012). He appears on media platforms such as Highland Radio, and files a column for the Letterkenny Leader. He is also having to come to terms with Michael Murphy naming him on national television as his childhood hero. A shocked Devenney opened up on this revelation years later: "And that was back when Michael was already the fuckin' man! The fact that he has called me his hero is, probably, the most humbling thing that anyone has ever said to me".[4] Devenney later said: "Has anyone's hero turned around and then been their hero? Because Michael would be mine. So it's come full circle".[3]
^McNulty, Chris (14 August 2018). "Numbers stack up as Michael Murphy tops Donegal's all-time charts". Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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^Kissane, Sinéad (2 August 2019). "As a landmark birthday looms, 30 reasons why Michael Murphy is a modern great". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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