Michael Boyle (footballer) explained

Michael Boyle
Irish:Mícheál Ó Baoill[1]
Sport:Gaelic football
Icposition:Goalkeeper
Birth Date:1986/1987
Birth Place:Letterkenny, Ireland
Feet:6
Inches:0
Occupation:Commercial manager in recruitment firm
Clyears:?–
2015
Clubs:Termon
Donegal Boston
Code:Football
Colyears: 2010– 2012
Colleges:DCU
Sig:1
Icyears:200?–2015
Counties:Donegal
Iculster:3
Icallireland:1
Nfl:1

Michael Boyle (born 1986/7) is an Irish sportsperson and Gaelic football coach. He plays with his local club Termon and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

Educated at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny,[2] he was his county's number one goalkeeper in the past, though Paul Durcan had something to say about that.[3] Boyle has also played soccer for Finn Harps in the League of Ireland.[4]

Playing career

College

Boyle studied Sports Science and Health at Dublin City University (DCU).[5] Boyle won the Sigerson Cup twice in 2010 and 2012 with the DCU GAA team. He was goalkeeper on both occasions, on the team that beat UCC in the 2010 final and the team that beat Maynooth in the 2012 final.[6] [7] The Higher Education GAA later barred him for playing for his college due to a new rule it introduced, prompting the team manager to consider a boycott.[8] [9] [10]

Club

Despite being a goalkeeper, Boyle was Termon's top scorer with four points in an away fixture against Aodh Ruadh at Fr Tierney Park in 2012. Termon defeated Aodh Ruadh by a total of five points, a score of 0–13 to 0–8. Boyle's performance led to media comparisons with Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton, who would regularly do likewise for his team, including scoring the winning point in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[11] [12] Later that year, Boyle won the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship, again against Aodh Ruadh.[13]

He also played for Donegal Boston, winning the North-East Men's Senior Football Championship in 2015.[14]

Boyle did not play for Termon in 2020 as he was based in London, where he opted to remain for 2021.[15]

Inter-county

Boyle was a member of the Donegal squad that won the 2007 National Football League.

He played in the first team for periods in 2005 and 2009.[16] Rivalling Paul Durcan for a place in the Donegal team, Boyle appeared at half-time in a 2009 All-Ireland qualifier after Durcan fouled Clare player Gary Brennan and conceded a penalty.[17] Boyle retained his starting place for the games against Galway at Markievicz Park and Cork at Croke Park.[18] [19]

Boyle was named on the bench for the 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship final against Down, although he later claimed to have picked up 43 points playing golf at Slieve Russell in Cavan.[20] [21] He was also on the bench for the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo.

A noted penalty saver,[22] he was named on the "Future Champions 2012" football team.[23]

In 2014, Boyle sustained a cruciate injury. This left him lacking match fitness in 2015 when the chance to play for Donegal presented itself following Durcan's transfer to Dubai.[24]

He made a substitute appearance for Durcan in the second round of 2015 National Football League fixtures against Dublin at Croke Park.[25] He also started the league games against Tyrone and Mayo, as well as the NFL semi-final against Cork.[26] [27] [28]

Ahead of Donegal's 2015 Ulster semi-final, Boyle left the panel to travel to Boston for the summer.[29]

He was "not fit" for the 2016 championship, leaving the goalkeeping position vacant for Mark Anthony McGinley and Peter Boyle.[30] McGinley was selected ahead of Peter Boyle.[31]

Coaching

Boyle assisted Mervyn O'Donnell during Gaoth Dobhair's successful 2018 Donegal Senior Football Championship and Ulster Senior Club Football Championship campaign.[32] [33] Boyle left his position with Gaoth Dobhair ahead of the 2020 season.[34]

He has also been involved with the Donegal under-20 backroom team.[35]

In 2022, he was coaching North London Shmarocks, which included his former Termon teammate Nathan McElwaine.[36]

Personal life

As of 2021, Boyle was employed as a commercial manager in the London office of construction recruitment firm, 3D Personnel.[37]

Honours

Donegal
Termon
Donegal Boston
College

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final. Donegal Daily. 20 September 2014. 20 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Twitter feed. St Eunan's College. EunansFootball Best of luck 2our past pupils who r in Donegal panel v Cork in All Ire Semi-final on Sun @neilgerardgalla @murphm95 @AntoinMcFadden @Tommyk_91 @BrickMolloy @123kav @kevin_raff @gmacfadden14 @mdboyler24 +Mr McFadden #TheCollege.
  3. News: McGuinness adds four to his panel. Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 31 March 2011. 31 March 2011.
  4. News: Boyle and Roddy rejoin Finn Harps. Evening Herald. 31 August 2009. 31 August 2009. On the home front Donegal GAA goalkeeper Michael Boyle has rejoined Finn Harps. The net minder had been with the club in 2005 but has been concentrating on his Gaelic career in recent years..
  5. News: Men's Senior Football – Player Profiles. https://archive.today/20130217212043/http://www.dcugaa.ie/node/128. dead. 2013-02-17. DCU GAA.
  6. News: DCU claim Sigerson Cup. BreakingNews.ie. 27 February 2010. 27 February 2010.
  7. News: DCU take Sigerson Cup. BreakingNews.ie. 25 February 2012. 25 February 2012.
  8. News: Joe. Brolly. Joe Brolly. This is a vicious piece of work. https://web.archive.org/web/20130101141230/https://gaeliclife.com/2012/12/16/joe-brolly-this-is-a-vicious-piece-of-work/. dead. 1 January 2013. Gaelic Life. 16 December 2012. 16 December 2012.
  9. News: Moyna: We were going to withdraw over ruling. Irish Independent. 30 January 2013. 30 January 2013.
  10. News: DCU's Walsh and Boyle ruled ineligible. Irish Independent. 6 February 2013. 6 February 2013.
  11. News: Boyle does a Cluxton for Termon in Ballyshannon. Donegal Democrat. 3 April 2012. 3 April 2012.
  12. News: Donegal 'keeper displays his scoring ability. Hogan Stand. 5 April 2012. 5 April 2012.
  13. News: John. Hughes. Final heartache for Aodh Ruadh. 7 November 2012. 7 November 2012.
  14. News: Alan. Foley. Donegal Boston seal North-East Men's Senior Football Championship. 30 August 2015. 30 August 2015.
  15. News: [Termon manager Francie] Friel hopeful on fixtures reform. Donegal News. 11 March 2021. 54. With regards to the Termon team for this year, Michael Boyle is going to stay in London for another year. Aidan Sweeney went to Canada last year and he is not going to return either. They were away last year, but Friel expects that they should have much the same team as last year..
  16. News: Chris. McNulty. 'Papa' set for 100th appearance. Donegal News. 1 March 2013. 1 March 2013. Boyle had spells in the team in 2005 and again in 2009 but Durcan is now firmly number 1..
  17. News: Donegal 0-13 Clare 1-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20121005185636/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2009/0711/251834-donegal_clare/. dead. 5 October 2012. RTÉ Sport. 11 July 2009. 11 July 2009. ...a foul by Donegal goalkeeper Paul Durcan on the advancing Gary Brennan, who was following up on a ball in from Tubridy, resulted in a penalty award. Durcan paid the price for his error of judgement when he was replaced by Michael Boyle at half-time..
  18. News: Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003102711/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2009/0725/252458-galway_donegal/. dead. 3 October 2012. RTÉ Sport. 25 July 2009. 25 July 2009.
  19. News: Cork 1-27 Donegal 2-10. RTÉ Sport. 2 August 2009. 2 August 2009.
  20. News: It's all change for McIver and Co.. Hogan Stand. 29 April 2006. 29 April 2006. Goalkeeper Michael Boyle is axed with Paul Durcan taking his place....
  21. News: McLoone in for Donegal for Ulster final. Donegal Democrat. 20 July 2012. 20 July 2012.
  22. News: Chris. McNulty. Sigerson joy for Donegal lads. Donegal News. 16 February 2012. 16 February 2012. The Termon goalkeeper made a superb diving save to beat away Alan Freeman's well-hit penalty..
  23. News: Boyle on team of the year. Donegal Democrat. 4 April 2012. 4 April 2012.
  24. News: Alan. Foley. How many Donegal keepers have played championship since 1956?. 9 June 2016. 9 June 2016. ... Michael Boyle is just off full fitness following a cruciate injury suffered last year..
  25. News: 14-man Dublin too hot for Donegal to handle. RTÉ Sport. 7 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208024424/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0207/678583-dublin-v-donegal/. 7 February 2015. 8 February 2015.
  26. News: Orla. Bannon. Donegal make light work of Tyrone. RTÉ Sport. 29 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330075055/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0329/690619-donegal-mayo/. 29 March 2015. 30 March 2015.
  27. News: Donegal draw with Mayo enough for semi-final place. RTÉ Sport. 5 April 2015. 5 April 2015.
  28. News: Football League Div 1 semi-final: Cork 4–11 0–19 Donegal. BBC Sport. 12 April 2015. 12 April 2015.
  29. News: Colm. Keys. Durcan's Donegal future in doubt as he plans move abroad. Irish Independent. 11 August 2015. 11 August 2015.
  30. News: Declan. Bonner. The real action gets underway…. Donegal News. 12 June 2016. 12 June 2016. Another one is who to play in goals. Paul Durcan is not available and with Michael Boyle not fit, it will be between Mark Anthony McGinley and Peter Boyle... I think Mark Anthony will be given the nod and he will relish the chance to impress in front of the big crowd..
  31. News: Francis. Mooney. Odhran Mac Niallais brace powers Donegal into Ulster semi-finals. RTÉ Sport. 12 June 2016. 12 June 2016. The same incident saw referee Maurice Deegan award a penalty, but Quigley's kick was superbly saved by debutant McGinley..
  32. News: Declan. Bogue. Missing the medal: Best decision I ever made, says Kevin Cassidy. Irish Examiner. 17 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121081530/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews//sport/gaa/missing-the-medal-best-decision-i-ever-made-says-kevin-cassidy-885980.html. 21 November 2018. O'Donnell has been assisted by Michael Boyle who spent years as Paul Durcan's understudy in the Donegal panel and is already showing immense promise as a coach..
  33. News: Orla. Bannon. Kevin Cassidy: If I'd carried on with Donegal, I'd be in stands now. Irish Examiner. 4 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181205174053/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/gweedores-kevin-cassidy-if-id-carried-on-with-donegal-id-be-in-stands-now-889619.html. 5 December 2018. Michael Boyle came in and he's done fantastic for me personally and the training methods have given me a real lift..
  34. News: Ryan. Ferry. Gaoth Dobhair travel to Donegal Town. Donegal News. 30 July 2020. 58. Mervyn O'Donnell is back in the hotseat but he won't have his trusted trainer Michael Boyle involved this year….
  35. News: Chris. McNulty. Declan Bonner yearning for repeat of the long-term rewards from the golden age. 20 July 2018. 20 July 2018.
  36. News: Ryan. Ferry. McElwaine eager to impress with the Exiles. Donegal News. 10 February 2022. 10 February 2022. McElwaine — who is working for 3D Personnel — transferred to a new club when he moved across channel. He was reunited with clubmate and renowned trainer Michael Boyle 'I joined up with North London Shmarocks who Michael Boyle is cocoaching. In fairness, I was the one that[sic] got in contact with them and they have treated me very well'.. Further details in the print edition.
  37. News: What happened after two Donegal lads left secure jobs?. Donegal News. 21 May 2021. 21 May 2021. Ciaran Greene, from Letterkenny, was promoted to the role of Sales Director last month while former Donegal GAA goalkeeper Michael Boyle from Termon works as a commercial manager in the company's London office..
  38. News: Ryan. Ferry. McConigley reflects on 2007 National League success. Donegal News. 23 April 2020. 52–3.

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