College Boyle studied Sports Science and Health at
Dublin City University (DCU). Boyle won the
Sigerson Cup twice in 2010 and 2012 with the
DCU GAA team. He was goalkeeper on both occasions, on the team that beat
UCC in the 2010 final and the team that beat Maynooth in the 2012 final. The
Higher Education GAA later barred him for playing for his college due to a new rule it introduced, prompting the team manager to consider a
boycott.
Club Despite being a goalkeeper, Boyle was Termon's top scorer with four points in an away fixture against
Aodh Ruadh at Fr Tierney Park in 2012. Termon defeated Aodh Ruadh by a total of five points, a score of 0–13 to 0–8. Boyle's performance led to media comparisons with
Dublin goalkeeper
Stephen Cluxton, who would regularly do likewise for his team, including scoring the winning point in the
2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Later that year, Boyle won the
Donegal Intermediate Football Championship, again against Aodh Ruadh. He also played for
Donegal Boston, winning the North-East Men's Senior Football Championship in 2015. Boyle did not play for Termon in 2020 as he was based in London, where he opted to remain for 2021.
Inter-county Boyle was a member of the Donegal squad that won the
2007 National Football League. Rivalling
Paul Durcan for a place in the Donegal team, Boyle appeared at half-time in a 2009 All-Ireland qualifier after Durcan fouled
Clare player
Gary Brennan and conceded a penalty. Boyle retained his starting place for the games against
Galway at
Markievicz Park and
Cork at
Croke Park. Boyle was named on the bench for the 2012
Ulster Senior Football Championship final against
Down, although he later claimed to have picked up 43 points playing golf at Slieve Russell in Cavan. He was also on the bench for the
2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against
Mayo. A noted penalty saver, he was named on the "Future Champions 2012" football team. In 2014, Boyle sustained a cruciate injury. This left him lacking match fitness in 2015 when the chance to play for Donegal presented itself following Durcan's transfer to
Dubai. He made a substitute appearance for Durcan in the second round of
2015 National Football League fixtures against Dublin at Croke Park. He also started the league games against Tyrone and Mayo, as well as the NFL semi-final against Cork. Ahead of Donegal's 2015 Ulster semi-final, Boyle left the panel to travel to
Boston for the summer. He was "not fit" for the 2016 championship, leaving the goalkeeping position vacant for
Mark Anthony McGinley and
Peter Boyle. McGinley was selected ahead of Peter Boyle. ==Coaching==