Ciarán McDonald is an Irish Gaelic football player who previously played at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Aherlow in West Tipperary.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ciarán Mac Dónaill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Left Corner Back | ||
| Born | County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2006- | Aherlow | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2008-2017 | Tipperary | ||
Career
editMcDonald made his championship debut in 2008 against Limerick and captained Tipperary to win the 2010 Munster Under 21 Football title. He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2014 international rules test in Australia.[1][2][3] On 21 August 2016, McDonald started for Tipperary as they were beaten in the All-Ireland semi-final by Mayo on a 2–13 to 0–14 scoreline, their first semi-final in 81 years.[4][5][6][7]
In December 2017, McDonald announced his retirement from inter-county football due to injury at the age of 28.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Tipperary's Ciaran McDonald hoping for International Rules cap after overcoming serious injury". Irish Mirror. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Tipp football star Ciaran McDonald makes International Rules squad". Nationalist. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Here's Ireland's 25-man panel for the International Rules next month". The Score. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Fairytale over for Tipperary as unconvincing Mayo progress to All-Ireland final". Irish Examiner. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Mayo edge dogged Tipperary to book first All-Ireland final place since 2013". Irish Independent. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Mayo do enough to repel Tipp in reaching final". RTÉ Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "I thought the second half was bordering on heroic' - Tipp boss Kearns bursting with pride". The 42. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "'There were times when he left us with tears in our eyes' - injury forces leading Tipp defender to retire". The 42. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.