Manus Boyle (Gaelic footballer)

Manus Boyle, born in 1966, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team. He writes a column for the Donegal Democrat called The Breaking Ball and is a health coach. He played county football from 1985 to 1998, mostly at forward, and was a free kick specialist. He debuted for Donegal at 18 in 1985, fell out with the manager Tom Conaghan in the 1980s and missed the 1989 Ulster SFC final, and Brian McEniff restored him to the team in time for the 1990 Ulster SFC. He played his last competitive game for Donegal in the 1998 Ulster SFC final against Derry, having contracted a virus earlier that year that caused severe weight loss. In May 2012 the Irish Independent named him as part of Donegal's greatest team of the past 50 years.