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Wikipedia / Declan Browne

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. He represented Ireland against Australia in the 2003 and 2004 International Rules series.

Playing career

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. 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. In 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter-county scene, following Tipperary's defeat by Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup.

Management

Browne took over as the manager of the Tipperary Under-21 Football team in September 2016. 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.

In January 2021, Browne joined the Tipperary senior football management team as the forwards coach.

Career statistics

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

  1. Moyle Rovers

  2. 7 Tipperary Senior Football Championship 199,5 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009

  3. 2 Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship 1998, 2007

  4. Tipperary

  5. 1 Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

  6. 1 Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1996

  7. 1 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1996

  8. 1 Munster Minor Football Championship: 1995

  9. 1 McGrath Cup: 2003

  10. 1 Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2000

  11. 1 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2000

  12. 1 Tommy Murphy Cup: 2005

  13. 1 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1999

  14. Waterford Institute of Technology

  15. 2 Fitzgibbon Cup: 1999 2000

  16. Munster

  17. 1 Railway Cup: 1999

  18. Individual

  19. 2 All Stars Awards 1998 2003

References