Donal Boylan

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Donal Boylan
Personal information
Irish name Dónall Ó Baíolláin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half Forward
Club(s)
YearsClub
Glenullin GAC
Belfast redbacks
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2001
Derry

Donal Boylan is a former Gaelic footballer, who played for the Derry county team, as well as an Australian rules footballer.

Playing career

The Glenullin GAC clubman [1] represented Derry GAA at underage level and played senior football for Derry in the 2001 National Football League (Ireland) campaign. [2] Boylan played Full-forward for the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2002 Australian Football International Cup. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Derry Journal The Elk Senior Football Championship
  2. High Ball magazine, Vol 5 Issue 7 Page 61, August 2002. ISSN   1393-6158
  3. "Team Lists - Aussie Rules International - Promoting Australian Football Around the World". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Index".