Paul McGonigle (born 1973/4) is 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 ...

coach,

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and player for Buncrana and, formerly, the Donegal county team. He served as assistant manager of the county team during

Declan Bonner Declan Bonner (born 11 August 1965) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played at senior level for the Donegal county team, winning an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1992. He later managed the Donegal county team for tw ...

's second spell as manager.

Career

McGonigle played at midfield and half-forward for his county. He made 44 appearances for the team. McGonigle started against

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in the 2002

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usu ...

final. The following year he started the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final, during which he was substituted for

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is an association football coach and former Gaelic footballer, coach and Manager (Gaelic games), manager, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as both player and manager with the Donegal ...

. He also played in the 2004 Ulster SFC final. McGonigle has been manager of his club, as well as chairman. In September 2013, county manager

parted ways with his backroom team. Shortly afterwards, McGuinness announced McGonigle as part of his new backroom team. When McGuinness departed after the

2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final The 2014 All-Ireland Football Final, the culmination of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 21 September 2014. Ulster champions Donegal, last champions in 2012 took on Munster champions Kerr ...

, McGonigle was linked with the managerial vacancy. When

became manager in September 2017, McGonigle was appointed as his assistant manager.

References

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