Aidan Brady (Gaelic footballer) explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Aidan Brady
Irish:Aodán Ó Brádaigh
Birth Date:1930
Death Date:3 April 1993 (aged 62)
Feet:6
Inches:1
Occupation:Director of the Botanic Gardens
County:Roscommon
Province:Connacht
Club:Elphin
Clcounty:5
Counties:Roscommon
Icposition:Goalkeeper
Icyears:1951-1963
Icprovince:4
Icallireland:0
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland
Death Place:Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland

Aidan Brady (1930 – 3 April 1993) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Elphin and at inter-county level with the Roscommon senior football team. He was named on the "Roscommon team of the millennium".[1]

Career

Born in Elphin, County Roscommon, Brady first came to Gaelic football prominence at Summerhill College in Sligo, where he was also selected for the Connacht colleges team. A minor with Roscommon in 1948 and a junior in 1951, he was reserve goalkeeper to Gerry Dolan for the 1951 Connacht Championship before taking over as first-choice 'keeper the following year. The following decade saw Brady win four Connacht Championship titles, while he also ended up on the losing side in the 1962 All-Ireland final. He lined out at full-back for the Elphin club, winning five County Championship titles, while his inclusion on the Connacht team saw him claim two Railway Cup medals. Brady was named on a special Football Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal and was posthumously named on the Roscommon Football Team of the Millennium.[1]

Personal life and death

Brady spent over 25 years as Director of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin.[2] He died after a brief illness at the Bon Secours Hospital on 3 April 1993.

Honours

Elphin

1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957

Roscommon

1952, 1953, 1961, 1962

Connacht

1957, 1958

Notes and References

  1. News: Brothers buoy up Nemo. Irish Times. 4 November 1999. 3 April 2021. Seán. Kilfeather.
  2. News: History: the story of the Gardens since 1790. Botanic Gardens website. 3 April 2021.