Enda Smith (born 6 August 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Roscommon county team and is from Boyle, County Roscommon in Ireland.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éanna Mac Gabhann | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left Half Forward | ||
| Born |
6 August 1994 Boyle, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2011– | Boyle | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| DCU | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2013– | Roscommon | 45 (12-52) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 29 June 2024. | |||
Career
editSmith plays his club football for the Boyle GAA club.[2] While at university, he played for DCU where he won the Sigerson Cup in 2015 against UCC.[3] During his university GAA matches, he formed a rivalry with UCC's Conor Cox who played county football for Kerry and later joined Smith at Roscommon.[3] Smith made his senior inter-county debut for Roscommon in 2013.[4] He was part of the Roscommon team that made it to the Super 8s stage of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after winning the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship[5] but lost to Tyrone.[6] Despite this, he was nominated for the GAA GPA All Stars Awards.[7] By 2019, he had become the Roscommon county captain.[8] Before the season started, he had fractured a bone in his hand but made a substitute appearance to score the winning point in the final of the 2019 Connacht Senior Football Championship against Mayo.[9]
On 25 October 2017, Smith was named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 International Rules Series against Australia in November following Dublin GAA players declining to take part in the series due to club commitments and rest breaks.[10][11]
Personal life
editSmith has three brothers, Cian and Donie, have played Gaelic football for Roscommon at differing levels.[12] Until 2018, he studied at Dublin City University.[13] Smith works as a teacher at St Declan’s College in Dublin, away from Gaelic football.[1]
Career Statistics
editAs of match played 29 June 2024
| Team | Year | National League | Connacht | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Roscommon | 2013 | Division 3 | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-02 | ||
| 2014 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-05 | 4 | 0-05 | ||||
| 2015 | Division 2 | 2 | 0-06 | 2 | 2-01 | 4 | 2-07 | |||
| 2016 | Division 1 | 3 | 2-03 | 1 | 1-01 | 4 | 3-04 | |||
| 2017 | 2 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-02 | 4 | 0-05 | ||||
| 2018 | Division 2 | 2 | 0-02 | 4 | 3-02 | 6 | 3-04 | |||
| 2019 | Division 1 | 1 | 0-01 | 3 | 1-02 | 4 | 1-03 | |||
| 2020 | Division 2 | 1 | 0-00 | - | 1 | 0-00 | ||||
| 2021 | Division 1 | 1 | 0-03 | - | 1 | 0-03 | ||||
| 2022 | Division 2 | 2 | 0-05 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-05 | |||
| 2023 | Division 1 | 2 | 1-01 | 4 | 1-11 | 6 | 2-12 | |||
| 2024 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 1-02 | 6 | 1-02 | ||||
| Career total | 20 | 3-26 | 25 | 9-26 | 45 | 12-52 | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b Niall McIntyre (19 October 2017). "Enda Smith cuts the shit on player burnout". SportsJOE.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Encouraging times for Boyle". GAA. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Enda Smith and Conor Cox on same side after years of rivalry". Irish Times. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ Aaron Gallagher (28 July 2017). "'Playing quarter-finals in Croke Park is where you want to be in July'". The42.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "We wouldn't be where we are without Cox - Smith". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Enda Smith eager to banish memories of embarrassing Super 8s no show". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ O'Dea, Arthur. "Even In 1971, The All-Star Was The Ultimate Accolade For The Star Of A Weaker County". Balls.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Smith: Roscommon can thrive in Super 8s this year". RTE. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ O'Toole, Fintan (13 July 2019). "Connacht joy, the Galway and Kerry additions and learning from 2018 naivety". The42.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Mayo and Kerry players lead International Rules squad". RTE. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Ireland international rules squad named and Mayo's Aidan O'Shea unveiled as captain". Irish Independent. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ O'Toole, Fintan (29 July 2017). "'I'm very thankful for all the help' - The Rossies and a football passion after battling cancer". The42.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ McIntyre, Niall (24 October 2017). "Enda Smith talks us through balancing inter-county football with the life of a college student". SportsJOE.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.