| Gary O'Donnell | |
| Irish: | Garraí Ó Domhnaill |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Galway, Ireland |
| Sport: | Gaelic Football |
| Code: | Football |
| County: | Galway |
| Province: | Connacht |
| Club: | St. Colman's, Gort Tuam Stars |
| Clyears: | 2004–2008 2009– |
| Clposition: | Midfield |
| Counties: | Galway |
| Icyears: | 2008–2021 |
| Icposition: | Centre Back |
| Icprovince: | 3 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
Gary O'Donnell (born 6 January 1988) is an Irish sportsperson, who plays inter-county Gaelic football for Galway. He is a first cousin of double All-Ireland-winning former Galway footballer and two-time All Star Jarlath Fallon. O'Donnell's parents are both from County Mayo and he has uncles who have played football for that county at a number of levels.[1]
O'Donnell, who first played football with St Colman's, Gort, also played hurling in his youth and was on the same under-age teams as later Galway senior inter-county players Aidan Harte and Greg Lally. Gort's football team disbanded in 2009 and O'Donnell moved to Tuam Stars, as it was the club his cousins, the Fallons, played for.[1]
Having been an unused substitute in Galway's 2008 Connacht final victory over Mayo,[2] O'Donnell made his inter-county debut with in 2009. In 2016, O'Donnell was named Galway captain by Kevin Walsh, having previously captained the side on occasions when Paul Conroy wasn't available.[3] On 17 July 2016, Galway won the Connacht Championship, and O'Donnell became the first Galway player since Pádraic Joyce in 2008 to receive the J. J. Nestor Cup.[4] [5]