Michael Carroll (Gaelic footballer)

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Michael Carroll
Personal information
Irish name Micheál Ó Cearbhaill
Sport Gaelic football
Club(s)
YearsClub
201?–
2018
 Gaoth Dobhair
Donegal Boston
Club titles
Donegal titles 1
Ulster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2016–
 Donegal

Michael Carroll is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Gaoth Dobhair and the Donegal county team.

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Playing career

Club

Carroll's parent club is Gaoth Dobhair. [1] He went to Boston for the summer in 2018 where, alongside county teammate Eoin McHugh, he won the Boston Senior Football Championship with Donegal Boston. [1] [2]

Carroll won a Donegal Senior Football Championship medal with his club Gaoth Dobhair in 2018. [3]

He then played during Gaoth Dobhair's first ever Ulster Senior Club Football Championship-winning campaign later in 2018, a run which involved a quarter final defeat of Cargin (a game in which Carroll scored a goal and three points), [4] a semi-final defeat of eleven-time winners Crossmaglen Rangers, [5] and culminated in the club defeating Scotstown (who had won the competition on four previous occasions), the last two of these games occurring at Healy Park in Omagh. Carroll thought he had won the Ulster final with a point in normal time but the referee ruled it out as a "throw ball" foul by Carroll's teammate who passed him the ball; extra time was required to separate the sides. [6] [7] [8]

Inter-county

Caroll won the 2014 Ulster Minor Football Championship title with Donegal, scoring a point in the final against Armagh. [9] He then played in the 2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship loss to Kerry. [10]

A goal from Carroll helped Donegal to the 2017 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. [11]

First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of Rory Gallagher, Carroll made a number of appearances during Donegal's Division One campaign in the 2016 National Football League: first he started the league opener against Down, [12] then he made a substitute appearance against Cork in the second round of fixtures, [13] started against Mayo in the third round of fixtures [14] and, finally, made a substitute appearance against Dublin in the sixth round of fixtures. [15]

In the 2017 National Football League Carroll scored a goal against Monaghan to help Donegal to a draw. [16] He made his senior championship debut in the quarter-final of the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship. [17] He played a part in Donegal's opening goal (scored by fellow senior championship debutant Jamie Brennan) as his county defeated Antrim to progress to the semi-final. [18] In that semi-final, a loss to Tyrone, Carroll scored his first senior championship goal. [19]

He was in Boston for the summer in 2018. [1] [2] He thus missed out on the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship, which Donegal won. [20]

Carroll made himself available for his county again in 2019. [21]

On the basis of his performances during the 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Carroll returned to the Donegal senior panel ahead of the 2020 Dr McKenna Cup. [22]

Honours

Donegal
Gaoth Dobhair
Donegal Boston

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 McNulty, Chris (20 August 2018). "It's 'Yanks' a lot as 'keeper Boyle stars to send Donegal Boston into final" . Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "'I'm really enjoying it at the moment' — McHugh". Donegal News . 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 Campbell, Peter (21 October 2018). "Gaoth Dobhair end 12 years of pain with dominant display". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Tierney, Paddy (4 November 2018). "Gaoth Dobhair survive fightback to make Ulster SFC last four". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Mooney, Francis (18 November 2018). "Gaoth Dobhair on the goal trail to book maiden Ulster final spot". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Comack, Tom (3 December 2018). "Listen: Gaoth Dobhair's Michael Carroll's reaction to what was a boyhood dream come true". Donegal Democrat . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Craig, Frank (3 December 2018). "Carroll - 'These are special days'". Donegal News . Retrieved 3 December 2018. …Even at the end of normal time I'd that chance. It definitely wasn't a throw ball! I can't be too sore on Odhran (MacFadden-Ferry) I think the ref has to take the blame for that one! Seriously though, we had to dig so deep in extra-time…
  8. 1 2 Mooney, Francis (2 December 2018). "Gaoth Dobhair edge out Scotstown in extra-time to win historic Ulster title". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Donegal minors complete first part of historic double for county: First-half scoring blitz ensures a deserved victory over Armagh for Declan Bonner's side". The Irish Times . 20 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014.
  10. 1 2 Mooney, Francis (21 September 2014). "Kerry claim minor title after thrilling game in Croker". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  11. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (11 April 2017). "Listen: A proud night as Eoghan Ban follows in father's footsteps". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Bannon, Orla (30 January 2016). "Disastrous return to Division One for Down as Donegal run riot in Newry". Irish Independent . Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Cork crash to 10-point defeat as impressive Donegal go top of Division 1". The42.ie. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Campbell, Peter (28 February 2016). "Donegal march on beating Mayo". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Keane, Paul (28 March 2016). "Donegal turn blind eye to James McCarthy incident". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Foley, Alan (27 March 2017). "Late escape for Monaghan as Donegal pay penalty". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  17. ↑ Doggett, Eamon; Byrne, Cormac. "Donegal v Antrim as it happened: Updates from the Ulster Football Championship" . Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  18. ↑ Foley, Alan (21 May 2017). "Paddy McGrath among the goalscorers as Donegal blitz Antrim to advance in Ulster" . Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Tyrone destroy Donegal to claim place in Ulster final". Irish Examiner . 18 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  20. ↑ Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport . Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  21. ↑ McNulty, Chris (13 February 2019). "Micheál Carroll will 'put shoulder to the wheel' for Donegal again in 2019" . Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  22. ↑ Ferry, Ryan (28 November 2019). "Bonner boosted by young guns return". Donegal News . p. 80. Gaoth Dobhair's Michael Carroll has earned a recall after some excellent displays in the middle of the field for his club in the Donegal SFC.
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