Gary Brennan

Gary Brennan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from County Clare who played club football for Clondegad and represented Clare at senior inter-county level, usually in midfield. He also plays club hurling for Ballyea, with whom he won the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship in 2016 and the Clare Senior Hurling Championship in 2016 and 2018. On 31 July 2016 he started in midfield as Clare lost to Kerry in the All-Ireland quarter-finals at Croke Park, and his performances that year earned an All-Star nomination. He was included in the Ireland squad for the 2015 and 2017 International Rules Series and scored a goal in the second test of 2017. He captained Clare to the 2019 McGrath Cup and the 2016 National Football League Division 3 title, and announced his retirement from inter-county football in January 2021. Away from the pitch he holds a PhD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, has done postdoctoral research, and teaches physical education and Irish at St Flannan's College in Ennis.