Brian Óg Maguire | |
Birth Date: | 1987 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh |
Death Place: | Derrylin, County Fermanagh |
Nickname: | Ógie |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Code: | Football |
County: | Fermanagh |
Province: | Ulster |
Clyears: | 2004 –2012 |
Clubs: | Lisnaskea Emmetts |
Counties: | Fermanagh |
Icposition: | Left Half Forward |
Icyears: | 2010–2012 |
Brian Óg Maguire (12 November 1987 – 13 September 2012) was a Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Fermanagh county team. From Lisnaskea, he played for Lisnaskea Emmetts.
In June 2012, he played in the half-forward line in the quarter-final of the Ulster Senior Football Championship at Brewster Park, a defeat to Down.[1] In January 2012, he played in the Dr McKenna Cup, and also played in four matches in the National Football League.[2]
Described as a "superstar" footballer,[3] Maguire captained Lisnaskea Emmetts to the 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.[1] [4] He also played for Lisnaskea Emmetts as they reached the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship Final due to be played on 29 September 2012.[5]
However, on 13 September 2012, Maguire was involved in an industrial accident at the Quinn Prestress factory, in the Ballyconnell Road area of Derrylin where he later died.[6] Tributes came from all sides of the community.[1]
His father is Brian, his mother is Eileen, and his two sisters are Roisin and Eimear.[7]