Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Brian McEniff" in English language version.
We expect to see him cropping up in some county as the Championship approaches, much like Brian McEniff suddenly appeared in Peter Fitzpatrick's Louth backroom team in 2010 when they were robbed of the Leinster Championship. Old Godfathers never really retire you see, they just become advisers. The lure of the game was too much for McEniff last year, who stepped in to become manager of his club Bundoran when they were faced with a crisis, digging out an old pair of trainers that he thought he might never wear again.
The man who guided Jim McGuinness into county management…
The 24th of July 1983 was one of the better days for Donegal football. Their third Ulster final victory with Seamus Bonnar making history picking up his third medal. Later in the year Martin McHugh would become the county's third All-Star while Brian McEniff was manager for the third time also… There was also a good deal of experience with the aforementioned Seamus Bonnar involved in the 1972 and '74 wins…
Now well beyond the age most GAA stalwarts retire he still serves as Chairman of Realt na Mara and can be found almost every Saturday outside SuperValu, Bundoran selling Bunotto.
On the day of his 32nd birthday, on August 11, 1997, a flu-ridden Declan Bonner sat nervously in Jackson's Hotel, Ballybofey… McEniff… remains a close mentor of the Lettermacaward man.
McEniff… remains a close mentor of the Lettermacaward man… The personal touch was always important to McEniff… 'In the days long before mobiles Brian was always on the phone. He was always ringing the house to make sure this was done or that was done.
As McEniff left his Bundoran home before the All-Ireland final of '92 his wife, Cautie, wondered how her husband would react if Donegal lost. 'Don't be stupid, woman', McEniff barked.
'Brian McEniff then asked me to come back towards the end of 1982, the beginning of 1983 with Donegal. He was also open to new ideas, he was involved in the '72 Donegal team which incidentally was the first Donegal team to win an Ulster. He was player-manager in 1974 in my first year and he was manager the year I was shafted [1977], but had nothing to do with Brian McEniff'… 'I went to Galway, a very, very good Donegal team was broken up'. Donegal didn't truly recover until the early 1980s again according to McGettigan. 'They didn't recover until Brian went back in 1983 as manager again'.
Brian McEniff, soon to be installed as one of the most successful football gurus in modern-day GAA history.
But when asked who was the greatest defender he played against, he unhesitatingly plumps for hotelier Brian McEniff who was a mentor to the Yeats County in 1975. 'He would not foul you but he could get his hand or foot in and could knock the ball away from you as we was also very fit'.
McEniff was chairman of the appointments committee that brought McGuinness in as under-21 manager after he had been overlooked initially for the senior post.
McEniff… has known McGuinness since he was a teenager… 'I took him in as a 19-year-old, and when the then-county chairman asked me to appoint an U-21 manager, I appointed Jim. So I have a great interest in Jim… There is a suggestion that I made, but Jim is not keen on, that some of the senior players… should take the first part of the year off and come the spring, they will have the appetite… Jim's not like that, but I recommended that to him'.
'All of the boys — except myself, I went to a boarding school in Monaghan — were from De La Salle'… The hotelier cites his own club…
So why was McEniff with Sligo in '75? the answer is simple. the Donegal County Board ousted him.
Brian McEniff, the dean of the Donegal game who yesterday returned to take charge of his county for the fourth successive decade, could but watch as Galway raced away in the first five minutes.
Brian McEniff ended his tenure as Ireland manager with a comprehensive 71–52 victory over Australia to take the International Rules series at Adelaide's Football Park this afternoon.
On the first Saturday in December we travelled to Fr Tierney Park to take on De La Salle, Ballyshannon. It had snowed and in very treacherous conditions we recorded our third win with 0–3 to 0–2 score line. Brian McEniff was the referee that day.
The 24th of July 1983 was one of the better days for Donegal football. Their third Ulster final victory with Seamus Bonnar making history picking up his third medal. Later in the year Martin McHugh would become the county's third All-Star while Brian McEniff was manager for the third time also… There was also a good deal of experience with the aforementioned Seamus Bonnar involved in the 1972 and '74 wins…
On the first Saturday in December we travelled to Fr Tierney Park to take on De La Salle, Ballyshannon. It had snowed and in very treacherous conditions we recorded our third win with 0–3 to 0–2 score line. Brian McEniff was the referee that day.
