Brian McEniff

Brian McEniff (born 1 December 1942) is a former Gaelic football player, manager and administrator from Bundoran in County Donegal, often called the dean of Donegal football. A wing-back, he won seven Donegal Senior Football Championship titles with the St Joseph's combination of Bundoran and Ballyshannon. He was player-manager of the first Donegal team to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship, in 1972, receiving an All Star that year, and won it again in 1974. Returning as manager he added Ulster titles in 1983, 1990 and 1992 and led Donegal to its first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1992, beating Dublin in the final at Croke Park. He managed the Ulster provincial team for many years, winning twelve Railway Cup finals, coached Ireland to victory over Australia in the 2001 International Rules Series, and ended his last spell as Donegal manager in 2005. Jim McGuinness and Declan Bonner both played under him.