Bryan Cullen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Brian Ó Cuilinn | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Half back | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Skerries Harps | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2003 - Present | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
Bryan Cullen (born 7 April, 1984 in Skerries, County Dublin) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin. He plays his club football for Skerries Harps on the northside of Dublin.
Playing career
Inter-county
At Minor level, Cullen was part of the Dublin side that won the 2001 Leinster Minor Football Championship.[1] With the Dublin Under 21 team, he won the Leinster Under 21 Championship three times,[1] and the All-Ireland Under 21 Championship once.[1] His brother Graham was also on the All-Ireland Under 21 winning team.[1]
Cullen was called up to the Dublin Senior team in 2003, and made his League debut against Armagh in February 2003. He made his Championship debut later that year against Louth.[1] In 2005, he won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Dublin; defeating Laois in the final, with Cullen scoring three points. He scored eight points in total in that year's Leinster and All-Ireland Championships.
Cullen was cited after the controversial 2006 National League clash between Dublin and Tyrone. A game in which resulted in disciplinary action being taken against nine players involved in the game. Cullen was suspended for four weeks in accordance with Rules 140 and 138, which deals with physical contact. Cullen along with Dublin's Ciarán Whelan, Alan Brogan and Kevin Bonner were all exonerated from all charges along with the Tyrone trio of Kevin Hughes, Michael McGee and Eoin Mulligan. The official reason given for the exhoneration was stated as 'a technicality'. Owing to the regular Dublin captain Collie Moran's prolonged injury, Cullen captained Dublin to victory against Laois in the 2006 Leinster semi-final. He also captained the team for most of the 2006 Leinster final, although Moran made his long awaited return to the Dublin team in time to deliver the winning speech. Dublins two captains stood shoulder to shoulder holding the Delaney Cup after an easy win over Offaly in the match. Cullen continued to captain Dublin against Westmeath in the All-Ireland quarter-final and Mayo in the semi-final despite Moran's return to fitness. Cullen was nominated for an All Star award in the half-back line for his 2006 performances. He missed out on the All Star, but was named half-back on the 2006 GPA Team of the Year.
Cullen came on as a substitute in the 2007 O'Byrne Cup final against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. Dublin won the game 1-18 to 2-13. The 2007 National League saw Dublin being relegated to Division 2. In that year's Championship, Dublin won the Leinster Championship again, before being knocked out of the All-Ireland Championship be Kerry at the semi-final stage.
Cullen was on Dublin's 2008 O'Byrne Cup winning team - defeating Longford in the final. Later in the year, he won a fourth consecutive Leinster Championship medal with the county, before being beaten by Tyrone in the All-Ireland quarter-final stage.
Club
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International Rules
Cullen has represented Ireland in the International Rules Series in 2004, 2005 and 2008.
Province
Cullen has played for Leinster in the Railway Cup.
School / college
Cullen was captain of DCU when they won the Sigerson Cup for the first time ever in 2006.[1] In doing so, Cullen became the first Dublin player to captain a Sigerson winning team.[1]