Declan Browne

Declan Browne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and player who competed at inter-county level for Tipperary for 11 years. He currently plays his club football for Moyle Rovers.[1] He represented Ireland against Australia in the 2003 and 2004 International Rules series.[2]

Declan Browne
Personal information
Irish nameDéaglan de Brun
SportGaelic football
PositionForward
Born (1978-06-16) 16 June 1978 (age 45)
Tipperary, Ireland
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
? 1995–present
Moyle Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles7 (senior football)
2 (junior hurling)
Munster titles1 (junior hurling)
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1996–2007
Tipperary25 (9-140)
Inter-county titles
All Stars2
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (20:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)).

Playing career edit

Browne made his championship debut in 1996 in a Munster championship game against Kerry. Browne received Tipperary's first football All-Star in 1998 when he was picked at corner-forward after leading the Tipperary team to the Munster Football Final. Browne won his second All-Star award in 2003.[3] He has won seven Tipperary Senior Football Championship medals with his club, Moyle Rovers. He won a Munster Minor Football Championship medal in 1995, a Munster and All Ireland Minor Hurling medal in 1996 and a Munster U-21 Hurling medal in 1999 as well as a McGrath Cup medal in 2003 and was awarded the Munster footballer of the year award for that same year. He also won 2 Fitzgibbon Cup medals. Browne captained Tipperary to win the 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup.[4] In 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter-county scene, following Tipperary's defeat by Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup.[5]

Management edit

Browne took over as the manager of the Tipperary Under-21 Football team in September 2016.[6]His first game in charge was against Limerick on 8 March 2017 in the Munster Under-21 Football Championship which Tipperary lost 0–14 to 0–16.[7][8][9]

In January 2021, Browne joined the Tipperary senior football management team as the forwards coach.[10][11]

Career Statistics edit

TeamYearNational LeagueMunsterAll-IrelandTotal
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Tipperary1996Division 410-00-10-00
1997Group D3 (?)1-10-31-10
1998Division 2 Group B42-29-42-29
199910-04-10-04
2000Not played10-08-10-08
2001-
2002Division 2 Group B42-2010-0752-27
200321-1621-1842-34
200462-4811-03-73-51
200540-0710-0911-0261-18
200672-3110-0510-0492-40
200710-05-10-05
Total207-10952-31259-141

Honours edit

Moyle Rovers
Tipperary
Waterford Institute of Technology
Munster
Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "Browne adds gloss finish as Rovers pushed all the way by Aherlow". Irish Independent. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. ^ "O'Keeffe fuming over late, late tackle". Hoganstand.com. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Browne is Tipperary's lone star". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ^ "McCarthy hails 'super' Browne". Hoganstand.com. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Browne lost hunger for game". Hoganstand.com. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Tipperary hero Declan Browne takes U21 county reins". Irish Examiner. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Declan Browne: 'Who are we to think that we are better than Limerick?'". Tipperary Star. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. ^ "From winning 2 All-Stars with the Tipperary senior footballers to the new U21 manager". The 42. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Limerick stun Declan Browne's Tipperary with dramatic extra-time victory". The 42. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Declan Browne joins Tipp management team as forwards coach". RTE Sport. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  11. ^ "'He has been a breath of fresh air, with little pearls of wisdom' - Tipperary legend turns coach". The 42. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.