Joe Brolly
Joe Brolly at the launch of Líofa
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Seosamh Ó Brollaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Corner forward | ||
| Born | 25 June 1969 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Barrister, journalist, television pundit | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 19xx-200x 200x-Present |
Dungiven St Brigid's |
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| Club titles | |||
| Derry titles | 2 | ||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1990–2001 | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Joe Brolly (born 25 June 1969) is an Irish barrister, Gaelic football analyst and former player from Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Brolly played for the Derry GAA in the 1990s and early 2000s and was part of their first ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side in 1993 and also won two Ulster Senior Football Championships and four National League titles. He also won two All Star Awards during his career.
Brolly played club football for St Canice's Dungiven for most of his career, before transferring to St Brigid's GAC in Belfast. With Dungiven he won two Derry Senior Football Championships and one Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
He usually played as right corner forward and was renowned for his accurate point-taking, goal-scoring ability, pace and ability to take on opponents. He was also known for his goal celebration of blowing kisses to the crowd, and had his nose broken twice during his career immediately after scoring goals.
Since retiring he has fashioned a niche in television punditry, becoming "the most lippy and articulate pundit on Irish television", and at various stages irking entire counties, including most of Ulster, Cork, Kerry, and in 2012 being dubbed "the Salman Rushdie of County Mayo".
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