Dermot McBride (born 26 June 1988) is a

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er who plays for St Colm's GAC Ballinascreen and has also represented the Derry county team. He grew up in

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, outside

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. In 2005 he was a member of the Ballinascreen Derry Minor Championship winning team and, the following year, was made captain. Dermot made his club senior debut at the age of 18, and in his first full season he shared the title of 'senior player of the year' with his elder brother

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, who also played for Derry.

Inter-county career

Dermot made his county senior debut at the age of 19, on 13 January 2008 against

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in the

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External links

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

www.derrygaa.ie
1988 births Living people Derry inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Derry-gaelic-football-bio-stub