Sylvester Maguire (born 1960s) is an Irish former

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er who played for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team. He won the

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with Donegal. He fell out with senior county manager Tom Conaghan during the 1980s. Brian McEniff restored him to the panel in time for the 1990

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, which Donegal won. He was a panellist on the day of the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final but did not play. He was seen exercising in apparent readiness to enter the field of play but, according to fellow substitute

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, speaking to the '' Sunday Independent'' in 2021: "There was an incident that happened and there were a few words exchanged on the sideline, and then nobody got on". He won an

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in 1989.

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1960s births Living people Aodh Ruadh Gaelic footballers Aodh Ruadh hurlers Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Donegal inter-county hurlers Dual players Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub