Ciaran McGinley explained
| Ciaran McGinley |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Code: | Football |
| Clyears: | 20??– |
| Clubs: | Cill Chartha |
| County: | Donegal |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Icyears: | 20??–2018 |
| Counties: | Donegal |
| Iculster: | 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
Notes and References
- News: End result all that matters for Kilcar after final win over Naomh Conaill. 15 October 2017. 15 October 2017.
- News: Chris. McNulty. The diary, the dream and Donegal's first steps to 'the other place'. 7 April 2020. 7 April 2020.
- News: Fintan. O'Toole. 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. 6 April 2013. 6 April 2013.
- News: Harry. Walsh. Thirteen new faces on Gallagher's first Donegal panel. Donegal News. 21 December 2014. 21 December 2014.
- News: Chris. McNulty. Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry. Donegal News. 4 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150107122334/https://donegalnews.com/2015/01/report-rory-gallaghers-experimental-donegal-well-beaten-by-derry/. 7 January 2015.
- News: Gallagher delighted with early statement as McBrearty steps up. Irish Independent. 1 February 2015. 1 February 2015.
- News: Mike. Finnerty. Stephen Griffin leapfrogs Donegal into semis. Irish Examiner. 6 April 2015. 6 April 2015.
- News: Alan. Foley. Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two. The42.ie. 4 February 2018. 4 February 2018.
- News: Kevin. O'Brien. Dublin survive strong Donegal fightback to make it three wins from three. The42.ie. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
- News: Chris. McNulty. Ulster SFC: Donegal too good for Cavan. 13 May 2018. 13 May 2018.
- News: Francis. Mooney. McBrearty excels to fire Donegal past Derry. RTÉ Sport. 27 May 2018. 27 May 2018.
- News: Francis. Mooney. 14-man Donegal cruise past Down into Ulster decider. RTÉ Sport. 10 June 2018. 10 June 2018.
- News: Francis. Mooney. Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream. RTÉ Sport. 24 June 2018. 24 June 2018.
- News: Frank. Craig. Kilcar lay league marker ahead of championship. Donegal News. 9 August 2019. 65.
