Mattie Donnelly (Gaelic footballer)

Last updated March 13, 2025

Mattie Donnelly
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right Half Forward
Born	Trillick, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Trillick
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2010–	Tyrone
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
All Stars	2

Mattie Donnelly is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Trillick club and the Tyrone county team.^[1]

In 2015, he was a key part of a Tyrone teamed that reached the All-Ireland SFC semi-final, and was named in the All Stars team.^[2]

Donnelly was named in the Ireland squad for the 2014 international rules test in Australia.^[3]^[4]

Following the retirement of Seán Cavanagh in 2017, Donnelly was appointed Tyrone senior captain. Pádraig Hampsey succeeded Donnelly as captain in May 2021,^[5]^[6] and it was Hampsey who became the third Tyrone captain to lift the Sam Maguire Cup, following Tyrone's victory over Mayo in the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

References

↑ "Power and the glory: Tyrone ace hoping to muscle in on title". Irish Mirror. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ Byrne, Cormac (6 November 2015). "2015 GAA/GPA All-Stars revealed: TJ Reid and Jack McCaffrey pick up top player awards". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
↑ "Tipperary's Ciaran McDonald hoping for International Rules cap after overcoming serious injury". Irish Mirror. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Here's Ireland's 25-man panel for the International Rules next month". The Score. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Team news: Hampsey is new Red Hands captain". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
↑ "Pádraig Hampsey is new Tyrone captain – but no sign of Cathal McShane comeback just yet". Irish Independent . 14 May 2021.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Seán Cavanagh	Tyrone Senior Football Captain 2018–2020	Succeeded by Pádraig Hampsey

Tyrone football team – current senior panel

1 N. Morgan

5 B. Cullen
9 M. Donnelly
7 M. O'Neill

8 B. Kennedy
23 C. McShane

10 C. Daly
11 R. Canavan
20 N. McCarron

Subs used: 6 P. Harte (c) for Cullen; 19 C. Kilpatrick for M. O'Neill; 21 E. McElholm for R. Canavan; 12 K. McGeary for Daly; 24 S. O'Hare for McShane

Subs not used: 16 O. O'Kane; 17 F. Burns; 18 C. Devlin; 22 L. McGarrity; 25 T. Quinn; 26 M. Rafferty

Manager: F. Logan; B. Dooher

Above is the starting lineup vs Mayo on 22 June 2024

Tyrone squads

Tyrone – 2013 National Football League finalist

Subs used: 17 A. Cassidy for D. Carlin, 32'; 19 P. Kane for Justin McMahon, 35'; 18 K. Coney for P. McNeice, 58'; 24 R. McKenna for C. Gormley, 65'; 21 A. McCrory for A. Cassidy, 71'

Subs not used: 14 S. O'Neill; 16 P. McConnell; 22 D. McCurry; 23 C. McGinley; 25 R. McNamee; 26 R. O'Neill

Manager: M. Harte
Selectors: ?; ?

Reference: Named team with changes taken from here.

Tyrone – 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Subs used: 17 L. Brennan for C. Meyler; 6 F. Burns for N. Sludden; 14 R. Donnelly for C. McAliskey; 20 H. Loughran for K. McGeary; 22 D. McClure for C. McShane; 21 R. O'Neill for M. Bradley

Subs not used: 16 M. O'Neill; 19 M. Cassidy; 21 C. McCann; 23 A. McCrory; 24 H. P. McGeary

Manager: M. Harte
Selectors: G. Devlin; S. O'Neill

Tyrone – 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

Subs used: 24 C. McShane for M. Donnelly; 18 D. Canavan for M. O'Neill; 22 B. McDonnell for B. Kennedy; 19 P. Donaghy for C. McKenna; 21 T. McCann for C. Kilpatrick

Subs not used: 16 L. Quinn; 17 M. Bradley; 20 N. Kelly; 23 H. P. McGeary; 25 J. Munroe; 26 C. Shields

Manager: F. Logan; B. Dooher

v t e Ireland football team – 2014 International Rules Series
1 Begley 2 Boyle 3 Cavanagh 4 Cregg 5 Donnelly 6 F. Hanley 7 P. Hanley 8 Hughes 9 Keegan 10 McCarthy 11 McDonald 12 McGee 13 McKaigue 14 McKernan 15 McLoughlin 16 McManus 17 Moran 18 Morgan 19 Munnelly 20 Murphy (c) 21 C. O'Neill 22 P. O'Neill 23 O'Rourke 24 O'Shea 25 Walsh (vc) Manager Earley

Awards

v t e 2015 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 B. Kealy 2 S. Enright 3 R. O'Carroll 4 P. McMahon 5 L. Keegan 6 C. O'Sullivan 7 J. McCaffrey ^FOTY 8 B. Fenton 9 A. Maher 10 M. Donnelly 11 C. Kilkenny 12 D. Walsh 13 C. McManus 14 A. O'Shea 15 B. Brogan

v t e 2016 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 D. Clarke 2 B. Harrison 3 J. Cooper 4 P. McMahon 5 L. Keegan ^FOTY 6 C. Boyle 7 R. McHugh 8 B. Fenton 9 M. Donnelly 10 P. Harte 11 D. Connolly 12 C. Kilkenny 13 D. Rock 14 M. Quinlivan 15 P. Geaney

Tyrone has 57 All Stars, as of 2021. 33 different players have won, as of 2021. Peter Canavan and Seán Cavanagh won eleven All Stars between them. denotes that a player also won Footballer of the Year for the year in question.

1980: Kevin McCabe
1984: Eugene McKenna, Frank McGuigan
1986: John Lynch, Plunkett Donaghy, Damien O'Hagan, Eugene McKenna^2nd
1989: Eugene McKenna^3rd
1994: Peter Canavan
1995: Fay Devlin, Peter Canavan ^2nd
1996: Finbar McConnell, Peter Canavan^3rd
2001: Stephen O'Neill
2002: Peter Canavan^4th
2003: Cormac McAnallen, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan, Seán Cavanagh, Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan, Peter Canavan^5th
2004: Seán Cavanagh^2nd
2005: Ryan McMenamin, Conor Gormley^2nd, Philip Jordan^2nd, Seán Cavanagh^3rd, Brian Dooher^2nd, Peter Canavan^6th, Owen Mulligan, Stephen O'Neill ^2nd
2008: Conor Gormley^3rd, Justin McMahon, David Harte, Philip Jordan^3rd, Enda McGinley, Brian Dooher^3rd, Seán Cavanagh ^4th
2009: Stephen O'Neill^3rd
2010: Philip Jordan^4th
2013: Seán Cavanagh^5th
2015: Mattie Donnelly
2016: Mattie Donnelly^2nd, Peter Harte
2017: Colm Cavanagh
2018: Colm Cavanagh^2nd, Pádraig Hampsey
2019: Ronan McNamee, Cathal McShane
2021: Niall Morgan, Pádraig Hampsey^2nd, Conor Meyler, Kieran McGeary , Peter Harte^2nd, Brian Kennedy, Niall Sludden, Darren McCurry

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