Donal O'Callaghan (Gaelic footballer)

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Donal O'Callaghan
Personal information
Irish name Dónal Ó Ceallacháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-back
Born 1973 (1973)
Douglas,
County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Douglas
Seandún
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1995-1996
Cork 1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Donal O'Callaghan (born 1973) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. At club level, he played with Glanmire and Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.

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Career

O'Callaghan began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with Douglas before progressing to adult level. He captained the intermediate team to the Cork IFC title in 1997 after a 0-09 to 1-03 win over Castletownbere in a replay. [1] [2] O'Callaghan was also selected for the Seandún divisional team.

At inter-county level, O'Callaghan first appeared for Cork as a member of the minor team that won the All-Ireland MFC title in 1991, after a 1-09 to 1-07 win over Mayo in the final. [3] He later progressed to the under-21 team and added an All-Ireland U21FC medal to his collection after a 1-12 to 1-05 defeat of Mayo in the 1994 All-Ireland under-21 final. [4] O'Callaghan later spent a number of seasons with the senior team and won a Munster SFC medal as a panel member in 1995. [5]

Honours

Douglas
Cork

References

  1. "Premier IFC roll of honour". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. "Douglas hurling and football club". Douglas GAA website. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. "Cork under-21 football teams: 1962-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. "Cork senior football teams: 1990-1999" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 19 January 2025.