Donal Monaghan

Donal Monaghan (1950 – 3 January 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Donegal county team.[1]

Donal Monaghan
Personal information
Irish name Dónall Ó Muineacháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-back
Born 1950
Donegal, Ireland
Occupation Businessman
Club(s)
Years Club
1965–1984
 Four Masters
Club titles
Donegal titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1968–1978
 Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 1

Born in Donegal, Monaghan first played competitive Gaelic football at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Donegal minor team, before later lining out with the under-21 side. He made his senior debut in the 1968-69 National Football League. Monaghan went on to play a key part for Donegal in a team that made a provincial breakthrough, and won two Ulster medals and one All Stars Award. His uncle, Johnny Monaghan, played Gaelic football with Fermanagh in the 1930s.

Monaghan represented the Ulster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions and was a Railway Cup runner-up in 1975. At club level he won one championship medal with Four Masters.

Monaghan retired from inter-county football after the 1978 championship, while a knee ligament injury brought his club football career to an end in 1984.

He assisted Tom Conaghan with the team that won the 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.[2]

References
  1. "Donal Monaghan". Four Masters GAA website. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. Campbell, Peter (31 January 2018). "1982: Donegal win first ever All-Ireland title at U-21 level". Retrieved 31 January 2018. Manager Tom Conaghan was assisted by Michael Lafferty, Donal Monaghan and John Cassidy.
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