| Pascal McConnell | |
| Irish: | Pascal Mac Dhónaill |
| Nickname: | Packie |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 4 |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Code: | Football |
| County: | Tyrone |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Clposition: | Goalkeeper |
| Club: | Newtownstewart St Eugene's |
| Clyears: | 1999– |
| Clubs: | Newtownstewart St Eugene's |
| Counties: | Tyrone |
| Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
| Icyears: | 1999–2013 |
| Icprovince: | 5 |
| Icallireland: | 3 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Tyrone |
Pascal McConnell is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tyrone county team.
He is an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner.
McConnell competed with John Devine and Niall Morgan to be first choice goalkeeper for Tyrone.[1]
McConnell's older brother is Tyrone's All Star-winning goalkeeper of the nineties, Finbar McConnell.[2]
In 1998, McConnell played alongside Stephen O'Neill in the MacRory Cup semi-final for Omagh CBS.[3]
Over the course of his career with Tyrone GAA, McConnell helped win three All-Ireland senior medals for the county.[4]
McConnell announced his retirement from inter-county football in November 2013.[5] [6]
When asked about this decision, McConnell said, "There is a big commitment required in order to stay performing at the top level and I feel the time is right to bow out and start a new chapter in my life. I have absolutely no regrets from my playing career with Tyrone, although, I suppose if I was a bit greedy, I would say that I felt that we could have won the All Ireland in 2009 and 2010."[7] [8]
His retirement from inter-county football left Conor Gormley, Dermot Carlin, Stephen O'Neill and Seán Cavanagh as the only remaining links to the Tyrone team that won the county's first All-Ireland senior title in 2003.[9]