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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Micheál Darragh Mac Amhalghaidh | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 21 August 1986||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Nickname | MDMA, Mick | ||
Occupation | CEO, Sanctuary Runners | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Ballyboden St Enda's | |||
Club titles | |||
Dublin titles | 3 | ||
Leinster titles | 2 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
Froebel College of Education Maynooth University | |||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2010–2021 | Dublin | 27 (2-06) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 10 | ||
All-Irelands | 8 | ||
NFL | 5 | ||
All Stars | 1 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21 January 2021. |
Michael Darragh MacAuley is a Gaelic footballer who plays club football for Ballyboden St Enda's. He played at inter-county level for the Dublin county team from 2010 until 2020, winning eight All-Ireland medals.
With Ballyboden St Enda's, he won the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. He also won the Dublin Senior Football championship (2009, 2015) and the Leinster Senior Football Club championship (2015). MacAuley was the 2013 GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year. [2]
In 2024, MacAuley took up the position of CEO at Sanctuary Runners, Ireland. [3]
MacAuley plays his club football with Ballyboden St Enda's, with whom he won the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2009.[ citation needed ]
MacAuley made his senior football debut for Dublin against Wexford in the first round of the O'Byrne Cup; he scored a point on his debut. [4] McAuley made his debut in the league against the 2009 All-Ireland Champions Kerry. He scored a decisive point in the game which assured the win for Dublin against Kerry. [5]
MacAuley made his Championship debut as a substitute against Wexford in the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship. [6] He made his second appearance against Meath in the semi-final of the Leinster football championship, a game in which Dublin were easily beaten by the Royals. [7] MacAuley had his first start for Dublin against Tipperary in a second round qualifier for the All-Ireland Championship. He scored his first Championship goal and point in a game in which he finished with 1-01 of the final score of 1-21 to 1-13 at Croke Park. [8] MacAuley scored a point in Dublin's eventual exit from that season's All-Ireland Championship at the semi-final stage. [9]
MacAuley won his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in September 2011, when Dublin beat Kerry at Croke Park. [10] He wasn't surprised by the comeback nature of the game, saying: "We had been down before in matches. It wasn't the first time we were down. We actually had a training game the week before when the As played the Bs and it was a very similar situation". [11] His second All-Ireland title came against Mayo in 2013, as did the GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year, when he succeeded Karl Lacey to the title. [12] [2]
On 21 January 2021, MacAuley announced his retirement from inter-county football. [13] [14] [15] [16]
After retiring from playing inter county football he visited Hikkaduwa - a surfing town on the south coast of Sri Lanka. [17] During the Gaza war he and David Hickey formed a group called Dublin Footballers Support Palestine to advocate for Palestinians and to put pressure on the Irish Government to take a stronger stance against Israeli human rights abuses. [18]