Conor O'Donnell (St Eunan's footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
201?– | St Eunan's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2020– | Donegal | ||
Conor O'Donnell, known as Conor O'Donnell Snr to distinguish him from another footballer who plays with the same club,[1][2] is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.
The elder brother of Niall, O'Donnell — a half-back — was first called into the Donegal senior team for the 2020 Dr McKenna Cup.[3][4] He started the opening 2020 National Football League game against Mayo and completed the game.[5] He also started and completed the next two games against Meath and Galway.[6][7] He did not feature in the next two games, against Dublin and Monaghan.[8][9] However, the COVID-19 pandemic then brought all competition to a halt and, upon resumption in October, O'Donnell sustained an injury during a challenge match against Roscommon which left him unable to play in the remaining league games against Tyrone and Kerry in October 2020.[10]
With his club he won a Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2021, scoring a point in the final.[1] He also scored points in the quarter-final and semi-final.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Campbell, Peter (7 November 2021). "St Eunan's overpower Naomh Conaill in Donegal SFC final". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Team of the Championship". Donegal News. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Ferry, Ryan (28 November 2019). "Bonner boosted by young guns return". Donegal News. p. 80. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
Conor O'Donnell Snr (St Eunan's), joins his younger brother Niall in the panel, and he is best known as a half-back.
- ^ McLaughlin, Gerry (4 January 2020). "McGee urges new players to take their chance". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Aaron Deeney, Conor O'Donnell, Brian O'Donnell, Andrew McClean, Ciaran Diver, Jeaic MacCeallbhui, Enda McCormick and Ethan O'Donnell are some of the new boys who will be hoping for some game-time.
- ^ "FL1: Durcan delivers late as Mayo hold Donegal". Hogan Stand. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ Keane, Paul (2 February 2020). "Classy Donegal put Meath to the sword at Navan". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (9 February 2020). "Allianz FL D1: Galway secure valuable victory". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Mannion goal crucial as Dubs reel in Donegal". RTÉ Sport. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Foley, Alan (1 March 2020). "McFadden and Ward hit the net as Donegal claim easy victory over Monaghan". The42.ie. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Ferry, Ryan (29 October 2020). "'Do-or-die' for Donegal". Donegal News. p. 64.
Donegal do have injury concerns going into the match [Ulster SFC quarter-final vs Tyrone]. Patrick McBrearty got injured in a challenge game against Roscommon and didn't feature in the league matches with Tyrone and Kerry… Eoghan McGettigan and Conor O'Donnell (St Eunan's) are also carrying knocks heading into the match and haven't been involved since the intercounty season resumed.