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Paddy Hegarty
Paddy Hegarty is a Gaelic footballer who played with Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b .... He won an All-Ireland Under-21 Title in 1987 and played an important role in helping Donegal knock out Down (the previous All-Ireland winners) in the first round of Ulster in 1995. He was abroad during the 1992 All-Ireland winning campaign. His brother Noel also played for Donegal. References Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Donegal-Gaelic-football-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal GAA
The Donegal County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Dhún na nGall) or Donegal GAA is one of 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Donegal. The County Board is responsible for preparing the Donegal county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team was the third from the province of Ulster to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Cavan and Down. It last won the All-Ireland SFC in 2012 and the Ulster Senior Football Championship in 2019. Donegal players comprised most of the 2012 All Stars Team of the Year, and the three nominations for the All Stars Footballer of the Year, ultimately won by Karl Lacey. In addition, having been invited to assist the Celtic soccer team in Scotland, Donegal manager Jim McGuinness became the first Gaelic football inter-county manager to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Hegarty
Noel Hegarty is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team. He played as a defender. According to ''The Irish Times'', centre back was his best position. Hegarty made his championship debut for Donegal in 1991. He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He started at left corner back in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He and Tony Boyle were the least experienced of Donegal's men on the pitch that day. Hegarty broke his nose in the final of the 1994–95 National Football League. He captained his county in 1996. He started Mickey Moran's first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to Offaly in October 2000. With Naomh Columba, he won one Donegal Senior Football Championship title in 1990. He is from Glencolmcille ''Gleann Cholm Cille'', anglicised as Glencolumbkille or Glencolmcille, is a small district on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
