John Hannigan (1938/9 – 22 April 2014) was an Irish

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er who played for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team. A versatile player, Hannigan began his career in midfield but played everywhere from corner back to corner-forward. He played as corner forward in the final of the 1956

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 ...

, which Donegal won. He played 114 times for Donegal and made 27 Championship appearances between 1958 and 1973. Hannigan played for Donegal in the 1964–65 National Football League semi-final against

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, scoring 1–0. He won the 1972

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with Donegal. Hannigan managed Donegal in 1975 and 1976. He also pursued an interest in

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. Hannigan died in

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aged 75 after suffering a heart attack in April 2014. Married to Claire, they had a son Damien and a daughter Adrianne. He is buried at

Conwal Cemetery Conwal Cemetery ( ga, Reilig Conbháil) is a burial ground on the outskirts of Letterkenny in County Donegal. It serves the parish of Conwal and Leck. The Forglug Burn flows along the western boundary of the cemetery, flowing into the River Swil ...

Honours

;Donegal *

: 1972 *

: 1956 *

Dr McKenna Cup The Dr McKenna Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition played between Counties of Ireland, counties and List of universities in Northern Ireland, universities in the province of Ulster GAA, Ulster. It is the secondary Gaelic football comp ...

: 1963, 1965, 1967 *

Dr Lagan Cup The Dr Lagan Cup was an inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster. The competition was discontinued in 1967 when Donegal won the competition. The Lagan Cup was the trophy for a Senior Football League, which at the time wa ...

: 1965, 1966, 1967 *

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 ...

x5 * Democrat Cup x3

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannigan, John 1930s births 2014 deaths Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football utility players Irish nurses Sportspeople from Letterkenny Psychiatric nurses St Eunan's Gaelic footballers Health professionals from County Donegal