Brian Begley

Brian Begley
Personal information
Irish name	Briain Ó Beaglaoich
Sport	Dual player
Football Position:	Full-forward
Hurling Position:	Full-forward
Born	(1979-10-20) 20 October 1979 Mungret, County Limerick, Ireland
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1997-present	Mungret
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2003 2001-2007	Limerick (F) Limerick (H)	2 (0-1) 20 (7-27)
Inter-county titles
	Football	Hurling
Munster Titles	0	0
All-Ireland Titles	0	0
League titles	0	0
All-Stars	0	0

Brian Begley (born 20 October 1979) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling and Gaelic football with his local club Mungret and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team in both codes from 2001 until 2007.^[1]^[2]

Playing career

Club

Begley plays his club hurling with his local Mungret club and has enjoyed some success.

Inter-county

Begley first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick under-21 team. He won a Munster title at this level in 2000 before later collecting an All-Ireland medal following a victory over Galway. It was Limerick's first step towards three such titles in-a-row, however, Begley was overage for the latter two victories. By this stage he had already joined the county senior team, however, Limerick's hurling fortunes were about to take a dramatic downturn. Following the county's victory over Cork in the Munster Championship in 2001 Limerick failed to win a game in the province until their 2007 Munster semi-final victory over Tipperary. This was achieved following a three-game saga, however, Begley's side later lost the Munster final to Waterford. Limerick later gained revenge by defeating 'the Decies' in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final, setting up an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny on 2 September 2007. Begley gave a fine performance scoring a goal and winning a penalty.

Football

Begley won a Munster Under-21 Football Championship with Limerick in 2000 and played in the All Ireland Final^[1] but lost out to Tyrone. With the Limerick senior team he played in two Munster Senior Football Championship in 2003 and 2004 but lost out both times to Kerry in 2004 only after a replay.

References

1 2 "Begley, Brian".
↑ "All over for another year". Retrieved 2009-03-04.

Teams

Limerick – 2000 Munster Under 21 Football Champions (1st title)

1 M. Keogh 2 M. O'Riordan 3 P. Fitzgerald 4 B. Geary 5 C. Mullane 6 S. Lucey 7 T. Stack 8 J. Stokes 9 J. Galvin (c) 10 P. Aherne 11 T Carroll 12 D. Brouder 13 C. Fitzgerald 14 B. Begley 15 C Hickey Subs M. Culhane

Limerick – 2000 All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 T. Houlihan 2 D. Reale 3 E. Mulcahy 4 P. Reale 5 P. O'Reilly 6 B. Geary 7 W. Walsh 8 J. Meskell 9 S. Lucey 10 P. O'Grady 11 S. O'Connor 12 D. Stapleton 13 D. Sheehan (c) 14 B. Begley 15 M. Keane Subs K. Tobin Manager D. Keane

Limerick – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-finalists

1 B. Murray 2 D. Reale 3 S. Lucey 4 S. Hickey 5 O. Moran 6 B. Geary 7 M. Foley 8 B. Foley 9 D. Ryan 10 N. Moran 11 M. O'Brien 12 T. J. Ryan 13 A. O'Shaughnessy 14 B. Begley 15 C. Fitzgerald Subs used P. Tobin for B. Begley M. Keane for B. Foley Manager R. Bennis

Limerick – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: N. Moran for M. O'Brien; J. O'Brien for S. O'Connor; P. Tobin for M. FitzGerald; K. Tobin for D. Ryan; M. O'Riordan for P. Lawlor

Subs not used: D. Bulfin; H. Flavin; B. Foley; E. Foley; W. McNamara; M. O'Brien; P. O'Dwyer; G. O'Mahony; K. O'Rourke; D. Sheehan

Manager: R. Bennis

Coach: G. Kirby

Selectors: B. Hartigan; T. Hickey; A. O'Riordan

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