Stephen McMenamin

Stephen McMenamin

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Back
Born	1997/8
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
201?–	Red Hughs
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
201?–	Donegal
Ulster titles	2

Stephen McMenamin (born 1997/8) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Red Hughs and the Donegal county team.

Playing career

County senior manager Rory Gallagher called McMenamin up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as Eoghan Bán Gallagher, Caolan McGonagle and Ciarán Thompson. ^[1]

Under the management of Declan Bonner, McMenamin started the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League against Kerry in Killarney. ^[2] He also started the next game against Galway. ^[3] He also started the fourth and fifth games, against Kildare and Tyrone respectively. ^{[4] [5]}

McMenamin started the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship final as Donegal defeated Fermanagh. ^[6] He had previously started the preliminary round against Cavan, and made substitute appearances in the quarter-final against Derry and the semi-final against Down, scoring a point in the semi-final. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

McMenamin made a late substitute appearance against Clare in the opening fixture of the 2019 National Football League in Ennis. ^[10] He made a substitute appearance in the next fixture against Meath. ^[11] He started the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh fixtures against Tipperary, Fermanagh, Armagh, Cork and Kildare. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]} Donegal qualified for the National Football League Division 2 final and McMenamin started the game as Donegal defeated Meath to win the title. ^[17]

McMenamin started each game of the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship and scored a point in the semi-final, as Donegal defeated Fermanagh in the quarter-final, Tyrone in the semi-final and Cavan in the final. ^{[18] [19] [20]} An unsavoury incident during the 2019 semi-final led to McMenamin being assaulted by Tyrone player Tiernan McCann. The assault took the form of an act of fish-hooking. ^[21] McMenamin's sight was affected by the incident. ^[22] McCann put his hands into McMenamin's mouth and then stamped on his neck; analysts on The Sunday Game , such as Tomás Ó Sé and Ciarán Whelan, described the assault on McMenamin as "despicable" and "disgusting". ^{[23] [24]} McCann was given a two-match ban. ^{[25] [26] [27]}

McMenamin did not feature in any of Donegal's first five fixtures of the 2020 National Football League against Mayo, Meath, Galway, Dublin and Monaghan. ^{[28] [29] [30] [31] [32]} Then the COVID-19 pandemic brought play to a halt. Play resumed behind closed doors on 18 October with a home game against Tyrone; McMenamin started that game and scored three points. ^[33] He also started the last league game away to Kerry. ^[34]

McMenamin started and completed the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final victory against Tyrone, the following week. ^[35] He then exited the semi-final victory against Armagh in the opening minutes with a hamstring injury and, consequently, missed the final. ^[36]

McMenamin did not feature in Donegal's first of four fixtures of the 2021 National Football League, against Tyrone, made a substitute appearance against Monaghan and started the last two games, against Armagh and Dublin. ^{[37] [38] [39] [40]} In the 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship, he started the first and second of Donegal's three fixtures against Down in the opening round and against Derry in the quarter-final, before making an early substitute appearance for the injured Neil McGee against Tyrone in the semi-final. ^{[41] [42] [43]}

Honours

Player

• Ulster Senior Football Championship: 2018 ^[6] 2019 ^[20]
• National Football League Division 2: 2019 ^[17]

Individual

• All Star: 0
  • Nominated in 2019 ^[44]

References

1. Maguire, Gerry (24 November 2015). "Rory Gallagher puts his faith in youth with minor promotions". The Irish News . Retrieved 24 November 2015. The new players on the squad are Danny Rodgers (Dungloe), Stephen McMenamin (Red Hugh's), Kieran Gillespie (Gaoth Dobhair), Michael Carroll (Gaoth Dobhair), Eoin Bán Gallagher (Killybegs), Ciarán Thompson (Naomh Conaill), Stephen McBrearty (Kilcar), Caolan McGonigle (Buncrana), Jack O'Brien (Naomh Muire), Tony McClenaghan (Moville), Rory Carr (St Eunan's) and Caolan Ward (St Eunan's). With the exception of Ward, all of the above are in the 19-20 age bracket.
2. O'Toole, Fintan (28 January 2018). "Casey hits winning point, O'Shea fires 0-7 and 3 red cards shown in Kerry Donegal clash". The42.ie . Retrieved 28 January 2018.
3. Foley, Alan (4 February 2018). "Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two". The42.ie . Retrieved 4 February 2018.
4. Campbell, Peter (25 February 2018). "Donegal scrape by 14-man Kildare in relegation dogfight". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 25 February 2018.
5. Bogue, Declan (10 March 2018). "Two-goal Tyrone move closer to safety with big win over Donegal in Omagh". The42.ie . Retrieved 10 March 2018.
6. Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 24 June 2018.
7. McNulty, Chris (13 May 2018). "Ulster SFC: Donegal too good for Cavan" . Retrieved 13 May 2018.
8. Mooney, Francis (27 May 2018). "McBrearty excels to fire Donegal past Derry". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 27 May 2018.
9. Mooney, Francis (10 June 2018). "14-man Donegal cruise past Down into Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 10 June 2018.
10. Lynch, Derrick (27 January 2019). "Missing a host of regulars, Donegal come away from Clare with victory". The42.ie . Retrieved 27 January 2019.
11. Campbell, Peter (2 February 2019). "Fortuitous goal sees Donegal come back to beat Meath". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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14. Foley, Alan (2 March 2019). "Super sub Murphy makes decisive impact in narrow win for Donegal". The42.ie . Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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18. Mooney, Francis (26 May 2019). "Donegal overcome Fermanagh in Ulster arm-wrestle". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 26 May 2019.
19. Mooney, Francis (8 June 2019). "Donegal power past Tyrone to make Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
20. Sweeney, Peter (23 June 2019). "Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
21. Keys, Colm (11 June 2019). "'The sight was gone for a wee bit' — Tiernan McCann facing one-match ban for 'fish-hook' on Stephen McMenamin". Irish Independent . Retrieved 11 June 2019.
22. Nolan, Pat (11 June 2019). "Stephen McMenamin's 'sight was gone' after Tiernan McCann incident, says Karl Lacey: The CCCC meets today and is set to pore over the video evidence which showed the Tyrone wing-back's fingers and then his foot making contact with Donegal defender McMenamin's face" . Retrieved 11 June 2019.
23. "Sunday Game panel: McCann incident was despicable". RTÉ Sport. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
24. Quirke, Mike (11 June 2019). "Discipline on the pitch must match that practised off it". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 11 June 2019.
25. McNulty, Chris (14 June 2019). "Two-game suspension for Tiernan McCann after 'unacceptable' incident" . Retrieved 14 June 2019.
26. "Proposed two-match ban for Tiernan McCann". RTÉ Sport. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
27. Watters, Andy (14 June 2019). "Tiernan McCann to miss Tyrone's next two Championship games". The Irish News . Retrieved 14 June 2019.
28. "FL1: Durcan delivers late as Mayo hold Donegal". Hogan Stand . 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
29. Keane, Paul (2 February 2020). "Classy Donegal put Meath to the sword at Navan". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 2 February 2020.
30. McNulty, Chris (9 February 2020). "Allianz FL D1: Galway secure valuable victory" . Retrieved 9 February 2020.
31. "Mannion goal crucial as Dubs reel in Donegal". RTÉ Sport. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
32. Foley, Alan (1 March 2020). "McFadden and Ward hit the net as Donegal claim easy victory over Monaghan". The42.ie . Retrieved 1 March 2020.
33. McNulty, Chris (18 October 2020). "Allianz FL D1: Donegal defeat Tyrone" . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
34. Brennan, Paul (24 October 2020). "Allianz FL D1: Kerry crowned League champions" . Retrieved 24 October 2020.
35. Keys, Colm (1 November 2020). "Donegal in pole-position for Ulster three-in-a-row after dumping Tyrone out of Championship". Irish Independent . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
36. Browne, P. J. (16 November 2020). "Mixed Injury News For Donegal Ahead Of Ulster Final". Balls.ie . Retrieved 16 November 2020.
37. Bogue, Declan (15 May 2021). "Allianz FL D1 North: Donegal edge Tyrone" . Retrieved 15 May 2021.
38. McNulty, Chris (22 May 2021). "Allianz FL D1 North: Spoils shared in Ballybofey" . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
39. Bogue, Declan (29 May 2021). "Allianz FL D1 North: Donegal finish strongly to earn important point" . Retrieved 29 May 2021.
40. Campbell, Peter (14 June 2021). "Dublin share title with Kerry after defeating Donegal". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 14 June 2021.
41. Bogue, Declan (27 June 2021). "Donegal signal their intent with Ulster Championship trouncing of Down". The42.ie . Retrieved 27 June 2021.
42. Foley, Alan (11 July 2021). "McBrearty kicks late winner as Donegal squeeze past Derry". The42.ie . Retrieved 11 July 2021.
43. Bogue, Declan (18 July 2021). "Murphy sent off as Tyrone edge out 14-man Donegal to book Ulster final spot". The42.ie . Retrieved 18 July 2021.
44. O'Toole, Fintan (27 September 2019). "13 players from Dublin as 11 counties feature in 2019 All-Star football nominations: Kerry, Donegal, Mayo, Tyrone, Meath, Roscommon, Armagh, Clare, Cavan and Cork also have nominees". The42.ie . Retrieved 27 September 2019.