Ciaran McGinley

Ciaran McGinley
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Club(s)
Years Club
20??–
 Cill Chartha
Club titles
Donegal titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
20??–2018
 Donegal
Ulster titles 1

Ciaran McGinley is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.

He won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship in 2010 and an Ulster Senior Football Championship in 2018.

Playing career

Club

He won the 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship. It was the first time his club had won the title in 24 years, having been defeated by Glenswilly at the same stage the previous year.[1]

Inter-county

Jim McGuinness: 2010

McGinley played during the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, in which Donegal reached the final, and also featured in the Ulster under-21 campaign under the management of Jim McGuinness.[2][3]

Bonner–McGuinness interim: 2014–17

Under the management of Rory Gallagher, McGinley received a call-up to the Donegal senior football panel in late 2014.[4] He started Gallagher's first match in charge, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.[5]

He started the opening fixture of the 2015 National Football League, also against Derry, albeit at home but was substituted in the first half.[6] He appeared as a second-half substitute in the seventh fixture against Mayo but was then substituted himself sixteen minutes later.[7]

Declan Bonner: 2017–18

Under the management of Declan Bonner, McGinley scored a point in a substitute appearance against Galway in the second round of the 2018 National Football League.[8] He also came on as a substitute in the next game, away to Dublin.[9]

McGinley made substitute appearances against Cavan (preliminary round) and Derry (quarter-final) during the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship, which Donegal won; however, he did not play in the semi-final or final.[10][11][12][13]

Alongside club mates Mark McHugh and Stephen McBrearty, McGinley opted out of the Donegal panel for the 2019 season.[14]

Honours

Donegal
Cill Chartha

References

  1. ^ a b "End result all that matters for Kilcar after final win over Naomh Conaill". 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b McNulty, Chris (7 April 2020). "The diary, the dream and Donegal's first steps to 'the other place'". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b O'Toole, Fintan (6 April 2013). "Remember the last time that Jim Gavin managed against Jim McGuinness?: The opposing managers in tomorrow's Division 1 league tie in Ballybofey have come face to face before". The42.ie. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ^ Walsh, Harry (21 December 2014). "Thirteen new faces on Gallagher's first Donegal panel". Donegal News. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ McNulty, Chris (4 January 2015). "Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry". Donegal News. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Gallagher delighted with early statement as McBrearty steps up". Irish Independent. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. ^ Finnerty, Mike (6 April 2015). "Stephen Griffin leapfrogs Donegal into semis". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  8. ^ Foley, Alan (4 February 2018). "Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two". The42.ie. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (10 February 2018). "Dublin survive strong Donegal fightback to make it three wins from three". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. ^ McNulty, Chris (13 May 2018). "Ulster SFC: Donegal too good for Cavan". Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  11. ^ Mooney, Francis (27 May 2018). "McBrearty excels to fire Donegal past Derry". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  12. ^ Mooney, Francis (10 June 2018). "14-man Donegal cruise past Down into Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  13. ^ a b Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  14. ^ Craig, Frank (9 August 2019). "Kilcar lay league marker ahead of championship". Donegal News. p. 65.