Martin O'Reilly (Gaelic footballer) explained

Martin O'Reilly
Irish:Máirtín Ó Raghallaigh[1]
Nickname:Marty
Occupation:Primary school teacher
Birth Date:15 February 1993
Birth Place:Letterkenny, Ulster, Ireland
Height:1m 76 cm
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Donegal
Province:Ulster
Club:Seán Mac Cumhaills
Clyears:2010–
Clposition:Centre forward
Colleges:Marino Institute of Education
Counties:Donegal
Icyears:2012–2019
Icposition:Right half forward
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:1

Martin 'Marty' O'Reilly is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who plays for Seán Mac Cumhaills of Ballybofey and also, formerly, for the Donegal county football team.

He plays both football and hurling for his club.[2]

Early life and education

O'Reilly attended college in Marino Institute of Education and is now a primary school teacher in Castleknock, Dublin. He is related to former Mayo footballers Willie Joe Padden and Billy Joe Padden.

His father Terry, a former garda from Gleann Lára (English: Glenlara), a townland near Belmullet, County Mayo, in the West of Ireland, is club chairman of Seán MacCumhaill's.[3]

Playing career

Underage

He was held scoreless in the 2012 Corn Na Mac Leinn final by a somewhat tenacious defender. He played in the loss to Cavan in the 2013 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship final.[4] He played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan again in the 2014 Ulster final.[5]

Senior

Jim McGuinness: 2011–14

Jim McGuinness first called O'Reilly into the Donegal county football team in late 2011. A member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo, he was an unused substitute in the final.[6]

Bonner–McGuinness interim: 2014–17

O'Reilly started Rory Gallagher's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.[7] He started the first match of the 2015 National Football League (also against Derry but at home), contributing 0–2 to the team's victory.[8] He also started the next game against Dublin at Croke Park.[9] He started the third fixture against Cork in Ballyshannon and contributed 0–4 to the team's one-point victory.[10] He also started the fourth fixture against Monaghan, the fifth fixture against Kerry, the sixth fixture against Tyrone and the seventh fixture against Mayo.[11] [12] [13] [14]

O'Reilly made a substitute appearance in the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship final.[15] He had previously started the preliminary round against Tyrone, the quarter-final against Armagh (scoring a goal) and the semi-final against Derry (scoring another goal, in the 45th minute).[16] [17] [18] He also started the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier defeat of Galway at Croke Park.[19]

O'Reilly started the opening fixture of the 2016 National Football League away to Down.[20] He started the second fixture against Cork, a ten-point win in Ballyshannon, contributing 1–1 to the team's victory.[21] He also started the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh fixtures against Mayo, Kerry, Roscommon, Dublin and Monaghan.[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] Donegal qualified for the NFL semi-final. O'Reilly also started this game.[27]

O'Reilly started the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship final.[28] He had previously started the quarter-final against Fermanagh (scoring 0–2) and the semi-final replay against Monaghan (scoring 0–3).[29] [30] O'Reilly also started the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier defeat of Cork at Croke Park and the next game against Dublin at the same venue.[31] [32]

O'Reilly started the opening fixture of the 2017 National Football League against Kerry, scoring a point and winning a 24th-minute penalty which was converted by Michael Murphy.[33] He started the second fixture away to Roscommon, contributing 0–3 to the team's victory.[34] He also started the third fixture against Dublin, the fifth fixture against Tyrone and the sixth fixture against Monaghan.[35] [36] [37] He started the seventh fixture against Mayo and scored 0–1.[38]

O'Reilly started the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final victory against Antrim and the semi-final loss to Tyrone, scoring 0–1 in the latter game.[39] [40] He also started the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier defeat of Meath at Páirc Tailteann.[41] He then made a substitute appearance in the qualifier loss to Galway at Markievicz Park and scored 0–2.[42]

Declan Bonner: 2017–19

Under the management of Gallagher's successor Declan Bonner, O'Reilly started in the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League against Kerry in Killarney, as well as the next game against Galway.[43] [44] He made a late substitute appearance against Dublin in the third game and an earlier one against Monaghan in the sixth game.[45] [46]

O'Reilly withdrew from senior inter-county football ahead of the 2019 championship after experiencing limited match time during the 2019 National Football League.[47] He had started the second fixture against Meath and scored a point but was substituted for Stephen McMenamin in the second half.[48] McMenamin started each of the remaining fixtures in the competition.[49] [50] [51] [52] [53] O'Reilly transferred to Philadelphia for the summer. He won the Philadelphia Championship there in August 2019, the Saturday before he returned to Ireland to play for his club Seán MacCumhaills in the 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship.[54]

Personal life

O'Reilly runs a sports shop in Ballybofey.[55]

Honours

Donegal
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Notes and References

  1. News: Two changes for clash with Roscommon. Donegal News. 10 February 2017. 10 February 2017.
  2. News: Alan. Foley. Interview: Séan McVeigh targets further progress for Donegal hurlers in 2016. 11 February 2016. 11 February 2016. Martin O'Reilly is part of Rory Gallagher's panel with the Donegal senior footballers and scored seven goals in a hurling championship game for MacCumhaill's against Buncrana last season. In 2011, O'Reilly played in the curtain-raiser at St Tiernach's Park in Clones as Donegal overcame Tyrone in the Ulster Under-21 Shield final..
  3. News: Alan. Foley. O'Reilly family will be split for Ulster U-21 final. Donegal Democrat. 10 April 2013. 10 April 2013.
  4. News: Ulster U21 Final Live: Donegal 1-06 v Cavan 0-13. Donegal Now. 10 April 2013. 10 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131220024738/http://donegalnow.com/sp/article_manager/detail/ulster_u21_final_live_donegal_v_cavan. 20 December 2013. dead.
  5. News: Cavan seal a fourth successive Ulster U21 football title as they see off Donegal: The winners finished strongly in tonight's decider at the Athletic Grounds. MSN. 9 April 2014. 9 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904130727/http://sport.ie.msn.com/gaa/cavan-seal-a-fourth-successive-ulster-u21-football-title-as-they-see-off-donegal. 4 September 2014. dead.
  6. News: Live updates from the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park. RTÉ Sport. 23 September 2012. 23 September 2012.
  7. News: Chris. McNulty. Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry. Donegal News. 4 January 2015. 4 January 2015.
  8. News: Gallagher delighted with early statement as McBrearty steps up. Irish Independent. 1 February 2015. 1 February 2015.
  9. News: 14-man Dublin too hot for Donegal to handle. RTÉ Sport. 7 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208024424/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0207/678583-dublin-v-donegal/. 7 February 2015. 8 February 2015.
  10. News: Donegal edge out Cork in Ballyshannon. RTÉ Sport. 1 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150302044802/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0301/683666-donegal-v-cork/. 1 March 2015. 2 March 2015.
  11. News: Monaghan grind out result in dour encounter. RTÉ Sport. 8 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150309041115/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0308/685474-donegal-v-monaghan/. 8 March 2015. 9 March 2015.
  12. News: Ian. O'Riordan. Kerry hold nerve and Donegal in Tralee spring classic. The Irish Times. 15 March 2015. 15 March 2015.
  13. News: Orla. Bannon. Donegal make light work of Tyrone. RTÉ Sport. 29 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330075055/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0329/690619-donegal-mayo/. 29 March 2015. 30 March 2015.
  14. News: Donegal draw with Mayo enough for semi-final place. RTÉ Sport. 5 April 2015. 5 April 2015.
  15. News: Martin. Breheny. Monaghan beat Donegal at their own game as Ulster champions dethroned. Irish Independent. 19 July 2015. 19 July 2015.
  16. News: Francis. Mooney. Donegal edge Tyrone in tough Ulster battle. RTÉ Sport. 17 May 2015. 17 May 2015.
  17. News: Francis. Mooney. Donegal progress untested by Armagh. RTÉ Sport. 14 June 2015. 14 June 2015.
  18. News: Francis. Mooney. Donegal forced to dig deep for Derry win. RTÉ Sport. 27 June 2015. 27 June 2015.
  19. News: Paul. Keane. Round 4B: Brilliant Donegal dismantle Galway. 1 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020911/http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/0108151953-round-4b-brilliant-donegal-dismantle-galway/. 1 August 2015. 24 September 2015.
  20. News: Orla. Bannon. Disastrous return to Division One for Down as Donegal run riot in Newry. Irish Independent. 30 January 2016. 30 January 2016.
  21. News: Cork crash to 10-point defeat as impressive Donegal go top of Division 1: Goals from Odhrán MacNiallais and Martin O'Reilly spurred Donegal to victory. The42.ie. 7 February 2016. 7 February 2016.
  22. News: Peter. Campbell. Donegal march on beating Mayo. RTÉ Sport. 28 February 2016. 28 February 2016.
  23. News: Tony. Leen. Dogged Kerry win arm wrestle. Irish Examiner. 7 March 2016. 7 March 2016.
  24. News: Peter. Campbell. Rossies signal greater intent after win over Donegal. RTÉ Sport. 13 March 2016. 13 March 2016.
  25. News: Paul. Keane. Donegal turn blind eye to James McCarthy incident. Irish Examiner. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
  26. News: Colm. Shalvey. Allianz FL D1: Last gasp Monaghan avoid relegation. 3 April 2016. 3 April 2016.
  27. News: FL1 semi-final: dazzling Dubs demolish disappointing Donegal. Hogan Stand. 10 April 2016. 10 April 2016.
  28. News: Francis. Mooney. Late scores help Tyrone to Ulster title. RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
  29. News: Francis. Mooney. Odhran Mac Niallais brace powers Donegal into Ulster semi-finals. RTÉ Sport. 12 June 2016. 12 June 2016.
  30. News: Ulster SFC semi-final replay: Donegal 0–17 Monaghan 2–10. BBC Sport. 2 July 2016. 2 July 2016.
  31. News: Fintan. O'Toole. McBrearty inspires Donegal to battling win over Cork and sets up clash with Dublin. The42.ie. 30 July 2016. 30 July 2016.
  32. News: Dermot. Crowe. Stuttering Dubs show their fallibility. Sunday Independent. 7 August 2016. 7 August 2016.
  33. News: Alan. Foley. Geaney at the double as Kerry achieve first opening round league win under Fitzmaurice. The42.ie. 5 February 2017. 5 February 2017.
  34. News: Declan. Rooney. Donegal prevail late on against Roscommon. RTÉ Sport. 12 February 2017. 12 February 2017.
  35. News: Alan. Foley. Murphy's injury-time free rescues a draw for Donegal as Dublin extend unbeaten run to 32 games. The42.ie. 26 February 2017. 26 February 2017.
  36. News: Kevin. Kelly. Allianz FL D1: Donegal too good for Tyrone. 18 March 2017. 18 March 2017.
  37. News: Alan. Foley. Late escape for Monaghan as Donegal pay penalty. Irish Examiner. 27 March 2017. 27 March 2017.
  38. News: Colm. Gannon. Aidan O'Shea's late introduction proves decisive as Mayo see off Donegal to avoid relegation. The42.ie. 2 April 2017. 2 April 2017.
  39. News: Alan. Foley. Paddy McGrath among the goalscorers as Donegal blitz Antrim to advance in Ulster. The42.ie. 21 May 2017. 21 May 2017.
  40. News: The pendulum has swung decisively in Tyrone's favour in the battle of Ulster's giants following a runaway win at Clones. Irish Examiner. 18 June 2017. 18 June 2017.
  41. News: Paul. Keane. Round 3A Qualifier: Donegal edge thriller. 8 July 2017. 8 July 2017.
  42. News: Daragh. Small. Round 4A Qualifier: Impressive Galway advance. 22 July 2017. 22 July 2017.
  43. News: Fintan. O'Toole. Casey hits winning point, O'Shea fires 0-7 and 3 red cards shown in Kerry Donegal clash. The42.ie. 28 January 2018. 28 January 2018.
  44. News: Alan. Foley. Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two. The42.ie. 4 February 2018. 4 February 2018.
  45. News: Kevin. O'Brien. Dublin survive strong Donegal fightback to make it three wins from three. The42.ie. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  46. News: John. Graham. Monaghan ease past relegation-threatened Donegal. RTÉ Sport. 18 March 2018. 18 March 2018.
  47. News: Chris. McNulty. Martin O'Reilly withdraws from Donegal squad. 15 April 2019. 15 April 2019.
  48. News: Peter. Campbell. Fortuitous goal sees Donegal come back to beat Meath. RTÉ Sport. 2 February 2019. 2 February 2019.
  49. News: John. Fallon. Casey strikes late goal as Tipp come back to shock Donegal. The42.ie. 10 February 2019. 10 February 2019.
  50. News: Peter. Campbell. Fermanagh rally against 13-man Donegal to stay unbeaten in Division 2. RTÉ Sport. 24 February 2019. 24 February 2019.
  51. News: Alan. Foley. Super sub Murphy makes decisive impact in narrow win for Donegal. The42.ie. 2 March 2019. 2 March 2019.
  52. News: Denis. Hurley. Cork on brink of drop to Division 3 as Donegal power home. RTÉ Sport. 16 March 2019. 16 March 2019.
  53. News: Peter. Branigan. Murphy masterclass fires Donegal back to top flight. RTÉ Sport. 24 March 2019. 24 March 2019.
  54. News: Gerry. McLaughlin. O'Reilly boost for MacCumhaills. Donegal News. 16 August 2019. 57.
  55. News: Cahair. O'Kane. McCole finding his way. The Irish News. 23 May 2022. 23 May 2022. He lives at home in Mountcharles, 25 minutes from Ballybofey. His evening walk from work in former team-mate Marty O'Reilly’s sports shop to training in MacCumhaill Park is just as short as the walk he once did to school in New York. If it's Convoy, it’s only 20 minutes..

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