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 name Déaglan de Brun
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born (1978-06-16) 16 June 1978 (age 46)
Tipperary, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
? 1995–present
Moyle Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles 7 (senior football)
2 (junior hurling)
Munster titles 1 (junior hurling)
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
1996–2007
Tipperary 25 (9-140)
Inter-county titles
All Stars 2
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (20:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)).

Playing career

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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

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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

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Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Tipperary 1996 Division 4 1 0-00 - 1 0-00
1997 Group D 3 (?) 1-10 - 3 1-10
1998 Division 2 Group B 4 2-29 - 4 2-29
1999 1 0-04 - 1 0-04
2000 Not played 1 0-08 - 1 0-08
2001 -
2002 Division 2 Group B 4 2-20 1 0-07 5 2-27
2003 2 1-16 2 1-18 4 2-34
2004 6 2-48 1 1-03 - 7 3-51
2005 4 0-07 1 0-09 1 1-02 6 1-18
2006 7 2-31 1 0-05 1 0-04 9 2-40
2007 1 0-05 - 1 0-05
Total 20 7-109 5 2-31 25 9-141

Honours

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Moyle Rovers
Tipperary
Waterford Institute of Technology
Munster
Individual

References

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  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.