Conall Dunne (born 1983 or 4) is an Irish former
Gaelic footballer who played for
St Eunan's and the
Donegal county team.
Club
Dunne played his club football for St Eunan's. Among his fans were
Joe Kernan.
He had taken over as the club's penalty taker by 2014.
Dunne retired at the end of the 2019 season.
Inter-county
Dunne played at senior level for the
Donegal county team.
He made his championship debut in 2002 in Donegal's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
. He did not make another appearance in the Championship for three years.
He played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at
Croke Park and scored one point.
He was one of three representatives from his club on the county panel that won the
2007 National Football League.
He scored a goal against
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medi ...
in the
2010 National Football League.
He scored a goal against
Down in 2010.
[
He lost his place in the panel when ]Jim McGuinness
Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is an association football coach and former Gaelic footballer, coach and manager, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as both player and manager with the Donegal county team.
Having gu ...
took over as manager in late 2010.[ Himself and ]Rory Kavanagh
Rory Kavanagh ( ga, Ruairí Ó Caomhánach; born 23 August 1982) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player with St Eunan's and the Donegal county team. He currently manages the St Eunan's club.
Alongside Colm McFadden and Christy ...
arrived to an early trial match but a misunderstanding led them to forget their sportswear.[ Kavanagh located the necessary in the car park, Dunne could not.][
]
Personal life
Dunne is a chartered accountant (part of the body Chartered Accountants Ireland
Chartered Accountants Ireland was established by Royal Charter on 14 May 1888, and is Ireland's largest accountancy body. According to its website, it represents over 30,000 members globally.
Chartered Accountants Ireland is part of the Con ...
) and succeeded Niall Doherty (brother of Eamonn Doherty) as treasurer of his club.[ He trained with ]PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounti ...
and went on to work in the food industry, later establishing an accountancy practice (Conall Dunne & Co).
Honours
;Donegal
* National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
: 2007
;St Eunan's
* Donegal Senior Football Championship
The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been known ...
: ''X number of''… 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
References
External links
Conall Dunne
at gaainfo.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunne, Conal
1980s births
Living people
Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic games club administrators
Irish accountants
St Eunan's Gaelic footballers