Darren Fay

Darren Fay
Personal information
Irish name	Darren Ó Féich
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	(1976-04-11) 11 April 1976 Trim, County Meath, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Trim
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1996-2008	Meath	49
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	2
NFL	1
All Stars	3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:42, 4 August 2007 (UTC).

Darren Fay (born 11 April 1976 in Meath) is a former successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons, Jack Quinn, Paddy O'Brien & Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness. He plays club football for Trim. He came to prominence in 1996 when he won an All Ireland senior medal in his first season as a Meath regular first team player. In 1999 he won his second All Ireland medal. He is also the holder of 3 Leinster Senior medals. Darren has won 3 All Star awards. For the 2006 season Darren made himself unavailable for the Meath team but he returned to the Meath panel for the 2007 season. On 23 July 2008 Fay confirmed his retirement after a shocking defeat to Limerick. Starred in the major motion picture 'Braveheart' as an extra, even though he was considered for the starring role but Mel Gibson declined to use him after a lengthy fist fight in a local bar. Darren has been considered for a role in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after he offered to fight Diarmuid Conolly outside Supermacs on O'Connell street at 4am. Later in life Darren was accepted for a PHD scholarship in Maynooth University due to his exceptional Chemistry Write Ups during his 1st year science course. He was given his BSC Degree after just 2 months after a private discussion with Prof Phillip Nolan where Dr. Nolan re appeared with 3 black eyes. Darrens hobbies include walks on the beach and needle craft.

Honours

3 Leinster Senior Football Championship 1996 1999 2001
2 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1996 1999
2 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship 1996 1997
1 Leinster Minor Football Championship 1993
1 National Football League Division 2 2007
1 [PHD in Experimental Physics NUIM 2014]

Awards

3 All-Star 1996 1999 2001
1 GPA All-Star 2007

External links

Official Meath Website

Meath – 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (6th title)

1 C. Martin
2 M. O'Reilly
3 D. Fay
4 M. O'Connell
5 C. Coyle
6 E. McManus
7 P. Reynolds
8 J. McGuinness
9 J. McDermott
10 T. Giles
11 T. Dowd (c)
12 G. Geraghty
13 C. Brady
14 B. Reilly
15 B. Callaghan

Subs: 17 J. Devine; 20 O. Murphy

Subs used: 16 R. Finnegan; 18 E. Kelly; 19 D. Curtis; 21 K. Cahill; 22 S. O'Rourke; 23 J. Brady; 24 C. Sheridan

Manager: S. Boylan

Selectors: F. Foley; E. O'Brien

Meath – 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (7th title)

1 C. Sullivan 2 M. O'Reilly 3 D. Fay 4 C. Murphy 5 P. Reynolds 6 E. McManus 7 H. Traynor 8 N. Crawford 9 J. McDermott 10 E. Kelly 11 T. Giles 12 N. Nestor 13 O. Murphy 14 G. Geraghty (Capt.) 15 D. Curtis Subs R. Kealy for Nestor B. Callaghan for Traynor T. Dowd for Kelly Manager S. Boylan

Meath – 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 C. Sullivan
2 M. O'Reilly
3 D. Fay
4 C. Murphy
5 D. Curtis
6 N. Nestor
7 H. Traynor
8 N. Crawford
9 J. McDermott
10 E. Kelly
11 T. Giles (c)
12 R. Kealy
13 O. Murphy
14 G. Geraghty
15 R. McGee

Subs: 17 P. Reynolds for O. Murphy; 19 J. Cullinane for Kealy; 20 N. Kelly for C. Murphy; 22 A. Kenny for Magee

Subs not used: 16 D. Gallagher; 18 P. Shankey; 21 D. Kealy; 23 M. O'Dowd; 24 J. Devine

Manager: S. Boylan

Ireland football team – 2001 International Rules Series

Subs: C. McManus; P. Joyce; B. J. O'Sullivan; E. O'Hara; J. Crowley; F. Grehan; C. McAnallen; C. Goggins; M. F. Russell; D. McCabe; N. Buckley; C. Whelan

Coach: B. McEniff

Selectors: J. O'Keeffe; P. Clarke

1996 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 F. McConnell 2 K. Mortimer 3 D. Fay 4 M. O'Connell^FOTY 5 P. Holmes 6 J. Nallen 7 P. Curran 8 J. McDermott 9 L. McHale 10 T. Giles 11 T. Dowd 12 J. Horan 13 J. Brolly 14 P. Canavan 15 M. Fitzgerald

1999 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 K. O'Dwyer 2 M. O'Reilly 3 D. Fay 4 A. Lynch 5 C. O'Sullivan 6 K. McGeeney 7 P. Reynolds 8 J. McDermott 9 C. Whelan 10 D. Marsden 11 T. Giles^FOTY 12 J. Horan 13 P. Clifford 14 G. Geraghty 15 O. Murphy

2001 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 C. Sullivan 2 K. Fitzgerald 3 D. Fay 4 C. Goggins 5 D. Meehan 6 F. Grehan 7 S. De Paor 8 K. Walsh 9 R. O'Connell 10 E. Kelly 11 S. O'Neill 12 M. Donnellan 13 O. Murphy 14 P. Joyce^FOTY 15 J. Crowley

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