Donal Shine

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Donal Shine
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Forward
Born (1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 (age 35)
Ballinasloe, Ireland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2006-2020
Clann na nGael
Club titles
Roscommon titles 2
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
DCU
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2008-2016
Roscommon
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 2

Donal Shine (born 28 February 1989) is a former Gaelic footballer from County Roscommon. He played at senior level for the Roscommon county team and the Clann na nGael club.

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Early life

His father is former Roscommon manager Donie Shine.

He attended secondary school in Athlone Community College.

Playing career

He was captain of the Clann na nGael senior team.[ citation needed ]

He played for the Roscommon minor team that defeated Kerry in the 2006 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final. He was part of the DCU team that won the 2010 O'Byrne Cup, defeating Louth in the final and the Sigerson Cup (defeating UCC). In 2010 he helped the Roscommon under-21 team to a Connacht Under-21 Football Championship after a 1-6 to 0-4 win over Sligo. Later in the year, he again starred in a provincial final against Sligo as he scored 10 points in Roscommon's 0-14 to 0-13 Connacht Senior Football Championship win. In 2015, he picked up his first senior County medal with Clann na nGael, scoring 1–3 in the final against Padraig Pearses. [1] Shine's last appearance for Roscommon was in the Connacht Final in 2016 versus Galway.[ citation needed ]

He remained as a player for Clann na nGael but was forced to retire from the game ahead of the 2021 season, injuries having caught up with him. [2]

Honours

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References

  1. Fallon, John (18 October 2015). "Clann na nGael end title drought in Roscommon". RTÉ Sport.
  2. "Roscommon 2010 Connacht final hero forced to retire from Gaelic football due to injury". The42.ie. 2 January 2021.