Michael Hegarty Explained

Michael Hegarty
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
Clyears:19??–200?
Clubs:Cill Chartha
County:Donegal
Clcounty:1
Icyears:19??–2011
Counties:Donegal
Iculster:1
Nfl:1

Michael Hegarty is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team.

Alongside Johnny McLoone, Barry Monaghan and Eamon Reddin, he played in a minor team that nearly qualified for the 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final.[1]

He made 50 championship appearances, a team record when set in 2011 and not exceeded until Colm McFadden made his 51st championship appearance against Derry in the Ulster quarter-final on 25 May 2014.[2] He broke the record at 46 in the Ulster SFC quarter-final against Cavan where, though named to start, he appeared as an early substitute for Martin McElhinney.[3] [4]

He started Mickey Moran's first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to Offaly in October 2000.[5]

He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003.[6]

He played in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh.[7]

In 2007, Hegarty was part of the Donegal team that won the county's first National Football League title. They defeated Mayo in the final, with Hegarty playing the full game.[8] [9]

Hegarty was not part of the 2010 county panel but newly appointed Donegal manager Jim McGuinness called him into the 2011 Dr McKenna Cup panel.[10] He played in the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship final against Derry, scoring 0–2 as Donegal won the competition for the first time in 19 years.[11] He retired at the end of the season, with 127 senior appearances for Donegal.[1]

He won the 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship, scoring a point in the final. 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.[12] He played in the SFC for the hundredth time for his club in October 2021.[13] [14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Alan. Foley. Peter. Campbell. When Donegal minors lit up the summer of 1996. Their story and 'where are they now?'. 30 July 2021. 30 July 2021.
  2. News: Home fires still burn bright for McFadden. Irish Independent. 20 June 2014. 20 June 2014.
  3. News: Chris. McNulty. Three changes to Donegal team for Cavan. Donegal News. 9 June 2011. 9 June 2011.
  4. News: Cliona. Foley. Donegal contest Murphy red card. Irish Independent. 13 June 2011. 13 June 2011.
  5. News: Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start. The Irish Times. 30 October 2000.
  6. News: Keith. Duggan. Meehan adds spark to Galway attack. The Irish Times. 3 February 2003.
  7. News: Armagh's double still alive. Irish Independent. 1 September 2003.
  8. News: Donegal win National League title. BBC Sport. 22 April 2007. 11 August 2011.
  9. News: Donegal achieve historic win — First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412230842/http://www.donegaltimes.com/2007/04_2/sport.html. 12 April 2015. Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. 25 April 2007.
  10. News: Cassidy and Hegarty in McGuinness' Donegal panel. BBC Sport. 17 December 2010. 17 December 2010.
  11. News: Donegal 1–11 Derry 0-08. RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719145639/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0717/derry_donegal.html. 17 July 2011. 19 July 2011.
  12. News: Chris. McNulty. End result all that matters for Kilcar after final win over Naomh Conaill. 15 October 2017. 15 October 2017.
  13. News: Frank. Craig. Heavyweight collision but nothing on the line. Donegal News. 7 October 2021. 66. The other significant aspect of last Friday's facile victory over Ardara was that it marked the legendary Michael Hegarty's 100th SFC appearance for his club..
  14. News: Peter. Campbell. Ardara no match for Kilcar who are into quarter-final after third win on the trot. 1 October 2021. 1 October 2021. The biggest cheer of the night came 20 minutes into the second half with the introduction of Michael Hegarty for his 100th championship game for Kilcar..

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