Joyce McMullin

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox GAA player | code = Football | sport = Gaelic football | image = | name = Joyce McMullin | irish = | birth_place = [[County Donegal]] | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} | feet = 5 | inches = 9<ref name=hs_13121991>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=49044|title=McMullin, Joyce|work=[[Hogan Stand]]|date=13 December 1991|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> | nickname = | occupation = [[Insurance broker]]<ref name=heroes_of_92/> | county = Donegal | province = Ulster | clubs = [[Four Masters GAA|Four Masters]] | cposition = | clyears = ?–? | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 2 | clprovince = | clallireland = | counties = [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]] | icposition = Wing Forward | icyears = 1983–? | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 3 | icallireland = 1 | nfl = | allstars = 1 | clupdate = | icupdate = }} {{Use Irish English|date=April 2021}} '''Joyce McMullin''' is an Irish former [[Gaelic football]]er who played for [[Four Masters GAA|Four Masters]] and the [[Donegal county football team|Donegal county team]].

He was a member of the team that won Donegal's first [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland]] title in 1992, and was selected as an [[List of All Stars Awards winners (football)|All Star]] in 1990.

Born in [[County Donegal]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], McMullin played senior football for Donegal from 1983 to 1999.

==Playing career== ===Club=== McMullin played with Four Masters, his local club in [[County Donegal|Donegal Town]], from an early age. He was part of the team which won the club's first two [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]] medals, in 1982 and 1984,<ref name=hs_13121991/> before emigration led to a decline in the club's fortunes for the rest of his tenure there.{{fact|date=April 2021}}

===Inter-county=== He won the [[1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship]] with Donegal.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/declan-bonner-yearning-repeat-long-term-rewards-golden-age/|title=Declan Bonner yearning for repeat of the long-term rewards from the golden age|date=20 July 2018|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>

McMullin made his senior debut for Donegal in 1981, at the age of 18. He helped them to win the 1983 [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]], playing against [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] in that year's final.<ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Campbell|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/donegal-news/donegal-heroes-of-1983-1-1985399|title=Donegal heroes of 1983|work=[[Donegal Democrat]]|date=15 July 2008|accessdate=15 July 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218181207/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/donegal-news/donegal-heroes-of-1983-1-1985399|archivedate=18 December 2015}}</ref> He was again part of the provincial championship winning side of 1990, the same year as he was awarded his only [[List of All Stars Awards winners (football)|All Star]].

He played against [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal.<ref name=1990_winners>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/donegals-1990-ulster-winners-will-be-honoured-tomorrow-heres-their-story/|title=Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story|date=18 July 2015|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref>

In 1992, he again won an Ulster Championship medal, and this time, helped his team to win the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland final]] as well. It was shortly before this match that the manager at the time, [[Brian McEniff]] was informed that McMullin's brother, Gerard, had died from cancer.<ref name=heroes_of_92/> He chose not to inform McMullin or anyone else on the team until after the match.<ref name=heroes_of_92/> It later emerged that there had been a miscommunication, and that McMullin's brother had not died.<ref name=heroes_of_92/> He did so a year later.<ref name=heroes_of_92/><ref>{{cite web|first=Conor|last=Breslin|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/all-ireland-final/1853260/re-run-i-left-a-dressing-room-partying-when-i-came-back-you-could-hear-a-pin-drop.html|title=Re-run: I left a dressing room partying, when I came back you could hear a pin drop|publisher=donegallive.ie|date=20 July 2025}}</ref>

Joyce McMullin was part of the Donegal Masters' wins in 2002 and 2003.<ref name=heroes_of_92>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Foley|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalsport/The-heroes-of--3992.4856965.jp|title=The heroes of '92 - Where are they now?|work=[[Donegal Democrat]]|date=8 January 2009|accessdate=8 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218180946/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/the-heroes-of-92-where-are-they-now-1-1989654|archivedate=18 December 2015}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of All Stars Awards winners (football)]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.gaainfo.com/players/football/donegal/J%20McMullin.php Joyce McMullin]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at gaainfo.com

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