Thomas Donoghue

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Thomas Donoghue
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Club(s)
YearsClub
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Naomh Conaill
Club titles
Donegal titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
?–?
Donegal
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

Thomas Donoghue is a Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team.

Donoghue was a member of the Naomh Conaill side that won its first ever Donegal Senior Football Championship (after a replay) in 2005. [1] He added another in 2010. [2]

After the 2005 Donegal SFC title win, Donoghue was called into the Donegal senior team by manager Brian McIver. [3] [4]

With Donegal he won the 2007 National Football League. He came on as a substitute in the final against Mayo. [5] He had been named to start the final but Paddy McConigley was a late replacement for him. [6]

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References

  1. "Historic first title for Naomh Conaill". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2005.
  2. "McLoone proves too hot". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. McNulty, Chris (14 October 2015). "Brendan McDyer keen to banish the ghosts of 2012: 'It toughens you up, stuff like that'" . Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. "Donegal boss looks at new players". BBC Sport. 12 December 2005.
  5. "Donegal achieve historic win — First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo". Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
  6. Ferry, Ryan (23 April 2020). "McConigley reflects on 2007 National League success". Donegal News . pp. 52–3.