Donal Monaghan

Donal Monaghan
Personal information
Irish nameDónall Ó Muineacháin
SportGaelic football
PositionRight corner-back
Born1950
Donegal, Ireland
OccupationBusinessman
Club(s)
YearsClub
1965-1984Four Masters
Club titles
Donegal titles1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1968-1978Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles2
All-Irelands0
NFL0
All Stars1

Donal Monaghan (born 1950) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Donegal senior team.[1]

Born in Donegal, Monaghan first excelled at 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.

References

  1. "Donal Monaghan". Four Masters GAA website. Retrieved 6 June 2013.