The Brendan McKenna Memorial Award was created in memory of former Evening Press journalist and FAI media officer Brendan McKenna, and was a unique writing competition, open to third-level students looking to break into football journalism.

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The winner received a cash prize and the chance to shadow one of the country’s top football writers on an international match day, if their entry was selected as the best by our panel of judges.
 

Brendan McKenna Memorial Award Winners

 

2015 – Ryan Bailey (Griffith College)

 

2013 – Jamie Headon (UCD)

 

2012 – Amanda O’Reilly (Dublin Business School)

 

2011 – Neil Treacy (University of Limerick)

 

2010 – Niamh Griffin (DCU)

 

2009 – Philip Margetson (Griffith College)

 

2008 – Seamus Dunne (Griffith College)