Brendan "Benny" Tierney (Irish: Breandan Ó Tiarnaigh) is a former Gaelic football goalkeeper who played at senior level for the Armagh county team between 1989 and 2002, and also for the Mullaghbawn club.[1]
In the later part of his career, Tierney was known for his colorful goalkeeper shirts.[2]
He is a sports opinion journalist for The Irish News.
Honours
edit- Inter-county
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1) - 2002[3]
- Ulster Senior Football Championship (3) - 1999, 2000, 2002
- Club
- Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (1) - 1995
- Armagh Senior Football Championship (1) - 1995
- Armagh Intermediate Football Championship (1) - 1992
Personal life
editTierney is a headmaster of St Peter's primary school in Cloughreagh (close to Newry).[4]
References
edit- ^ Watters, Andy (2 February 2019). "Benny Tierney: A Roy of the Rovers finish but memories mean most". The Irish News. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Naff jerseys: FIVE TO FORGET". Irishexaminer.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Armagh are champions". BBC. 22 September 2002.
- ^ "Benny Tierney: Kieran McGeeney has Armagh 'going in right direction' - Adjusting to online learning". BBC Sport. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
The Mullaghbawn clubman is a headmaster at St Peter's primary school in Cloughreagh, near Newry, and is still adapting to his present circumstances... 'I always used to joke as a teacher and a principal that school would be a great place without children but I can assure you it's not'.
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