Dan O'Neill (Gaelic footballer)

Daniel O'Neill (1933 - 8 January 2015) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo and Louth county teams lasted a decade from 1953 until 1963.[1]

Dan O'Neill
Personal information
Irish name Dónall Ó Néill
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1933
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Died 8 January 2015 (aged 81)
Kingston, Galway, Ireland
Occupation Garda
Club(s)
Years Club
 Castlebar Mitchels
Oliver Plunketts
St. Dominic's
Naomh Mhuire
Fr. Griffins
Club titles
Mayo titles 5
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1953-1956
1957-1962
1963
 Mayo
Louth
Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 1
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, O'Neill first played competitive Gaelic football with the Castlebar Mitchels club. He was just eighteen-years-old when he won the first of four successive county senior championship medals in 1951. O'Neill later played with numerous clubs in Louth and won a county senior championship medal in 1957 with Oliver Plunketts. After rejoining the Castlebar Mitchels club in Mayo, he won a fifth county senior championship medal in 1963. O'Neill finished his club career with Fr. Griffins in Galway.

O'Neill first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Mayo junior team. He won a Connacht medal in that grade in 1953, before making his senior debut during the 1953-54 league. O'Neill won a Connacht and National League medals with the team, however, a dispute with the Mayo County Board over expenses saw him walk away from the Mayo team in 1956. Shortly after this he joined the Louth senior team and won a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals in 1957. After several years playing for Louth, O'Neill returned to Mayo and played his final game for the team in 1963.

Honours
Castlebar Mitchels
Oliver Plunketts
Mayo
Louth

References
  1. "Tributes paid to great Gael Dan O'Neill". The Mayo News. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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