Caolan McGonagle

Caolan McGonagle (born 1995/6) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Buncrana and the Donegal county team.

Caolan McGonagle
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born 1995/6
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
201?–
 Buncrana
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
201?–
 Donegal

Playing career

First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of Rory Gallagher, McGonagle was first called up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as Eoghan Bán Gallagher and Stephen McMenamin.[1] McGonagle played twice during Donegal's Division One campaign in the 2016 National Football League, featuring in the first and last fixtures, both times as a substitute: first he made a late appearance in the league opener against Down,[2] then he came on in the league semi-final defeat to Dublin.[3]

Under the management of Declan Bonner, McGonagle started the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League against Kerry in Killarney.[4] He also started the next game against Galway.[5] He came on as an early substitute for Nathan Mullins in the next game away to Dublin.[6] He also appeared as a substitute in the fourth and sixth games, against Kildare and Monaghan respectively.[7][8]

McGonagle made a substitute appearance in the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship preliminary round defeat of Cavan but made no further appearances in the competition as Donegal secured the Anglo-Celt Cup.[9][10][11][12]

McGonagle started against Clare in the opening fixture of the 2019 National Football League in Ennis, scoring one point from a free.[13] He scored the only goal of the game against Meath in the second fixture.[14] He started the third, fourth, fifth and sixth fixtures against Tipperary, Fermanagh, Armagh and Cork.[15][16][17][18] He started the seventh fixture against Kildare, scoring one point.[19] Donegal qualified for the National Football League Division 2 final and McGonagle started the game as Donegal defeated Meath to win the title.[20] McGonagle had featured in a lot of matches during the 2019 National Football League. Then he sustained an injury.[21]

Honours
Player
Individual

References
  1. Maguire, Gerry (24 November 2015). "Rory Gallagher puts his faith in youth with minor promotions". The Irish News. Retrieved 24 November 2015. The new players on the squad are Danny Rodgers (Dungloe), Stephen McMenamin (Red Hugh's), Kieran Gillespie (Gaoth Dobhair), Michael Carroll (Gaoth Dobhair), Eoin Bán Gallagher (Killybegs), Ciarán Thompson (Naomh Conaill), Stephen McBrearty (Kilcar), Caolan McGonigle (Buncrana), Jack O'Brien (Naomh Muire), Tony McClenaghan (Moville), Rory Carr (St Eunan's) and Caolan Ward (St Eunan's). With the exception of Ward, all of the above are in the 19-20 age bracket.
  2. Bannon, Orla (30 January 2016). "Disastrous return to Division One for Down as Donegal run riot in Newry". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "FL1 semi-final: dazzling Dubs demolish disappointing Donegal". Hogan Stand. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. O'Toole, Fintan (28 January 2018). "Casey hits winning point, O'Shea fires 0-7 and 3 red cards shown in Kerry Donegal clash". The42.ie. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. Foley, Alan (4 February 2018). "Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two". The42.ie. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. O'Brien, Kevin (10 February 2018). "Dublin survive strong Donegal fightback to make it three wins from three". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  7. Campbell, Peter (25 February 2018). "Donegal scrape by 14-man Kildare in relegation dogfight". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. Graham, John (18 March 2018). "Monaghan ease past relegation-threatened Donegal". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. McNulty, Chris (13 May 2018). "Ulster SFC: Donegal too good for Cavan". Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  10. Mooney, Francis (27 May 2018). "McBrearty excels to fire Donegal past Derry". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  11. Mooney, Francis (10 June 2018). "14-man Donegal cruise past Down into Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  12. Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  13. Lynch, Derrick (27 January 2019). "Missing a host of regulars, Donegal come away from Clare with victory". The42.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  14. Campbell, Peter (2 February 2019). "Fortuitous goal sees Donegal come back to beat Meath". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  15. Fallon, John (10 February 2019). "Casey strikes late goal as Tipp come back to shock Donegal". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  16. Campbell, Peter (24 February 2019). "Fermanagh rally against 13-man Donegal to stay unbeaten in Division 2". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  17. Foley, Alan (2 March 2019). "Super sub Murphy makes decisive impact in narrow win for Donegal". The42.ie. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  18. Hurley, Denis (16 March 2019). "Cork on brink of drop to Division 3 as Donegal power home". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  19. Branigan, Peter (24 March 2019). "Murphy masterclass fires Donegal back to top flight". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  20. O'Brien, Kevin (30 March 2019). "Murphy masterclass helps Donegal to Division 2 glory after comeback win over Meath". The42.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  21. Bonner, Declan (16 August 2019). "Drive for five appears unstoppable". Donegal News. p. 71. Note: he is erroneously referred to as Caolan McMonagle.
  22. "Seven county players gain Gaelic Life awards". Donegal News. 16 January 2020. p. 73. ... Anthony Thompson, Ciaran Thompson from Naomh Conaill along with Buncrana's Caolan McGonagle were all named on the football team. The Thompsons and Caolan McGonagle were unable to attend the event though their awards were collected in their absence.
  23. "Football Team of the Year 2019".
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