Paddy McDonnell explained

Paddy McDonnell
Irish:Pádraig Mac Dónaill
Nickname:Macker
Occupation:Sweepstakes official
Feet:6
Inches:3
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster
Club:O'Tooles
Clcounty:10
Counties:Dublin
Icyears:1919-1932
Icprovince:6
Icallireland:3
Birth Place:North Strand, Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
Birth Date:Patrick Joseph McDonald
29 April 1895

Patrick Joseph McDonnell (29 April 1895 – 18 July 1977[1]) was a Gaelic footballer and Gaelic games administrator. At club level, he played with O'Tooles and also lined out at inter-county level with Dublin.[2]

Career

McDonnell first played competitive football during a golden age for the O'Tooles club. In ten years from 1918 until 1928 he won nine county senior championship medals with the club before adding a tenth in 1931.

Success at club level saw McDonnell join the Dublin senior team and he made his debut during the 1919 championship. Over the course of the next decade he had much success and won three successive All-Ireland medals between 1921 and 1923, albeit his first medal was as a non-playing substitute. He also won six Leinster medals.

His brother, Johnny McDonnell, was also an All-Ireland medal winner with Dublin.

Honours

O'Tooles

1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931

Dublin

1921, 1922, 1923

1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1932

1916

1916

Leinster

1928, 1929, 1930

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’; ‘Macker’). DIB website. 12 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Bloody Sunday 1920, the GAA and 'Stonewall' Jack O'Reilly. East Wall for All website. 27 July 2017.