Tony McClenaghan 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 ...
er who plays for Moville and the
Donegal county team.
Playing career
McClenaghan has also played for
Donegal Boston
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Boston is the second largest division of the GAA on the North American continent, after New York.
They train on Malibu Beach, Dorchester.
Among ...
, winning the North-East Men's Senior Football Championship in 2015.
County senior manager
Rory Gallagher called McClenaghan up ahead of the
2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as
Eoghan Bán Gallagher and
Stephen McMenamin
Stephen McMenamin (born 1997/8) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Red Hughs and the Donegal county team.
Playing career
County senior manager Rory Gallagher called McMenamin up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, ...
.
He co-
captain
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ed with
Eoghan Bán Gallagher the Donegal team that won the 2017
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship final against
Derry
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.
First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of
Declan Bonner, McClenaghan scored a goal against
Kerry in
Killarney in the 37th minute of the opening fixture of the
2018 National Football League. He also started the next game against
Galway. He started the next game away to
Dublin. He also started the fourth and fifth games, against
Kildare and
Tyrone respectively. He was a late substitute in the sixth game against
Monaghan
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The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...
.
McClenaghan started against
Tipperary in the third fixture of the
2019 National Football League in
Thurles.
McClenaghan struggled with a back injury and, after surgery, was recalled to the Donegal senior panel ahead of the
2020 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2020 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, is a Gaelic football
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.
Honours
;Donegal
*
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship: 2017
[
;Donegal Boston
*North-East Men's Senior Football Championship: 2015][
]
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States