Donal Monaghan (1950 – 3 January 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Donegal county team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Dónall Ó Muineacháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born |
1950 County 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 County 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
He assisted Tom Conaghan with the team that won the 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.[2]
Donegal's second All Star winner, his son Barry also played for Donegal, 117 games in total at senior level.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Donal Monaghan". Four Masters GAA website. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Foley, Alan; Campbell, Peter (30 July 2021). "When Donegal minors lit up the summer of 1996. Their story and 'where are they now?'". Retrieved 30 July 2021.