Paddy Hegarty

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Paddy Hegarty is a Gaelic footballer who played with Donegal. [1] He won an All-Ireland Under-21 Title in 1987 and played an important role in helping Donegal knock out Down (the previous All-Ireland winners) in the first round of Ulster in 1995. He was abroad during the 1992 All-Ireland winning campaign. [2] His brother Noel also played for Donegal. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "BelfastLive".
  2. ↑ "The Donegal footballers that helped build Disneyland".
  3. ↑ "DublinLive.ie".
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