Dara McVeety (born 22 September 1993) in an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who plays for the

Crosserlough Crosserlough, historically known as ''Cros Ar Loch'', is a large civil parish in southern County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, Ireland. It is located between Ballyjamesduff and Lough Sheelin. The parish consists of three areas. Kilnaleck, w ...

club and the Cavan county team.

Playing career

Club

On 2 October 2011, Crosserlough faced Drumgoon in the Cavan Intermediate final. McVeety came on as a substitute as Crosserlough lost out by a single point McVeety captained Crosserlough in 2018 as they reached the final of the

Cavan Senior Football Championship The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1888. The winners get the Oliver Plunkett Cup and qualifies to represent t ...

. On 21 October, McVeety started at centre back in his first senior county final, where Crosserlough faced

Castlerahan Castlerahan () is a barony in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local ...

. Crosserlough led by six at one stage, but Castlerahan came back to win the final by a point. Crosserlough won their first championship in 48 years in 2020, but McVeety was not part of that success as he was in Australia. He transferred back to Crosserlough in 2022.

Inter-county

Minor and under-21

On 17 July 2011, McVeety was on the Cavan minor team that faced

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in the Ulster final. McVeety scored a point in the 0–12 to 1–6 victory. McVeety joined the under-21 panel in 2012, but didn't feature in their Ulster final win. On 21 April, McVeety came on as a substitute in the All-Ireland semi-final, where Cavan were edged out by

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. On 10 April 2013, McVeety started the Ulster Final as Cavan faced

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. Cavan were winners on a 0–13 to 1-6 scoreline. On 20 April, McVeety started the All-Ireland semi-final against

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, scoring a point as Cavan suffered a one-point loss. Cavan reached the Ulster Final again in 2014, playing Donegal on 9 April. Cavan came out on top once again after a 2–6 to 0–8 win. On 19 April, McVeety started the controversial All-Ireland semi-final loss to eventual winners

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Senior

McVeety later joined the senior squad, and on 14 July 2013, he made his championship debut as a substitute in a qualifier win over

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. On 4 August 2013, McVeety started the All-Ireland quarter-final where Cavan faced

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, with the Kingdom coming out winners by six points. On 3 April 2016, McVeety scored a point against

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

in the

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as Cavan earned promotion to the top flight for the first time in 15 years. On 24 April, McVeety started the Division 2 Final against Tyrone, scoring two points in the five point loss. McVeety was named Cavan captain at the start of the 2018 season. On 1 April, McVeety was in the half forward line as Cavan faced

in the National League Division 2 Final. McVeety scored 1-3 as Roscommon won a high-scoring game. On 9 June 2019, McVeety scored four points against

to send Cavan to the Ulster final. On 23 June 2019, McVeety started at centre forward in the Ulster final, scoring 3 points as Cavan lost to Donegal. McVeety stepped away from the Cavan panel at the end of 2019, as he was going away travelling. McVeety rejoined the Cavan panel for the 2023 season.

Honours

Cavan *

Ulster Under-21 Football Championship The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest int ...

(3): 2012, 2013, 2014 *

Ulster Minor Football Championship The Ulster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council. The trophy for the winning side is Th ...

(1): 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McVeety, Dara 1993 births Living people Cavan inter-county Gaelic footballers Crosserlough Gaelic footballers