Ronan O'Neill is an

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er. He played in the 2018 All Ireland Final. He is working as a coach with the

Fermanagh senior football team The Fermanagh county football team ( ) represents Fermanagh GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senio ...

Career

He won the 2014

Tyrone Senior Football Championship The Tyrone Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group ''Tyrone Senior Football Championship'') is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board of the Ga ...

with his club Omagh St Enda's, scoring a last-minute goal against Carrickmore St Colmcille's in the final to bring about a scoreline of 1–10 to 0-12 and end a 26-year gap since the club's previous SFC title in 1988. He also won the

2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship The 2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship is the 112th edition of Tyrone GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for clubs in Tyrone Senior Football League Division 1. Sixteen teams compete with the winners receiving the O'Neill Cup and rep ...

with his club. O'Neill retired from play after lifting the

Sam Maguire Cup The Sam Maguire Cup ( ga, Chorn Sam Mhic Uidhir), often referred to as Sam or The Sam , is a trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the main competiti ...

after just missing out on the matchday panel for the 2021 Decider and giving ten years of

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surface. He plays club football for Omagh St Edna's. O'Neill was added to the

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backroom team with

Kieran Donnelly Kieran Donnelly (born 1975/1976) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. He has been manager of the Fermanagh county team since 2021. Career Donnelly played inter-county football for Fermanagh. He made his debut for Fermanagh und ...

as manager to coach forward play.

Honours

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fermanagh county football team Gaelic football coaches Omagh St Enda's Gaelic footballers Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Gaelic-football-bio-stub