Aidan Brady (1930 – 3 April 1993) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Elphin and at inter-county level with the Roscommon senior football team. He was named on the "Roscommon team of the millennium".[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Aodán Ó Brádaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
1930 Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland | ||
| Died |
3 April 1993 (aged 62) Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Director of the Botanic Gardens | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Elphin | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Roscommon titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1951-1963 | Roscommon | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Career
editBorn in Elphin, County Roscommon, Brady first came to Gaelic football prominence at Summerhill College in Sligo, where he was also selected for the Connacht colleges team. A minor with Roscommon in 1948 and a junior in 1951, he was reserve goalkeeper to Gerry Dolan for the 1951 Connacht Championship before taking over as first-choice 'keeper the following year. The following decade saw Brady win four Connacht Championship titles, while he also ended up on the losing side in the 1962 All-Ireland final. He lined out at full-back for the Elphin club, winning five County Championship titles, while his inclusion on the Connacht team saw him claim two Railway Cup medals. Brady was named on a special Football Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal and was posthumously named on the Roscommon Football Team of the Millennium.[1]
Personal life and death
editBrady spent over 25 years as Director of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin.[2] He died after a brief illness at the Bon Secours Hospital on 3 April 1993.
Honours
edit- Elphin
- Roscommon Senior Football Championship: 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957
- Roscommon
- Connacht
- Railway Cup:1957, 1958
References
edit- ^ a b Kilfeather, Seán (4 November 1999). "Brothers buoy up Nemo". Irish Times. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "History: the story of the Gardens since 1790". Botanic Gardens website. Retrieved 3 April 2021.