Niall McCready is an Irish former
Gaelic footballer who played for
Aodh Ruadh and the
Donegal county team.
He won an
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
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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
Galway
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in
Tuam
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in February 2003.
He played in the
2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against
Armagh.
He made a substitute appearance for his club in the final of the 2012
Donegal Intermediate Football Championship
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.
He is the actual
godson of
Brian McEniff.
In 2022, McCready was announced as trainer of
Naomh Bríd under the management of Aidan Murray.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Aodh Ruadh Gaelic footballers
Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football backs