Brian Doyle (born 1991 in Barntown,

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

with his local club Shelmaliers and has been a member of the

Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...

senior inter-county team since 2011.

Playing career

Club

Doyle plays his club hurling with the Shelmaliers club.

Inter-county

Doyle has lined out in all grades for

, beginning as a member of the county's minor team in 2009. His tenure as a member of the minor team saw Wexford lose the

Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...

final to

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. Doyle subsequently joined the Wexford under-21 hurling team. Doyle made his senior championship debut when he came on as a substitute against Antrim in 2011.

References

1991 births Living people Wexford inter-county hurlers Shelmaliers hurlers 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Wexford-hurling-bio-stub