Stephen McMenamin

Stephen McMenamin (born 1997/8) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Red Hughs and the Donegal county team.

Stephen McMenamin
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Back
Born 1997/8
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
201?–
 Red Hughs
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
201?–
 Donegal
Ulster titles 2

Playing career

County senior manager Rory Gallagher called McMenamin up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as Eoghan Bán Gallagher.[1]

Under the management of Declan Bonner, McMenamin started the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League against Kerry in Killarney.[2] He also started the next game against Galway.[3] He also started the fourth and fifth games, against Kildare and Tyrone respectively.[4][5]

McMenamin started the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship final as Donegal defeated Fermanagh.[6] He had previously started the preliminary round against Cavan, and made substitute appearances in the quarter-final against Derry and the semi-final against Down, scoring a point in the semi-final.[7][8][9]

McMenamin made a late substitute appearance against Clare in the opening fixture of the 2019 National Football League in Ennis.[10] He made a substitute appearance in the next fixture against Meath.[11] He started the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh fixtures against Tipperary, Fermanagh, Armagh, Cork and Kildare.[12][13][14][15][16] Donegal qualified for the National Football League Division 2 final and McMenamin started the game as Donegal defeated Meath to win the title.[17]

McMenamin started each game of the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship and scored a point in the semi-final, as Donegal defeated Fermanagh in the quarter-final, Tyrone in the semi-final and Cavan in the final.[18][19][20] An unsavoury incident during the 2019 semi-final led to McMenamin being assaulted by Tyrone player Tiernan McCann. The assault took the form of an act of fish-hooking.[21] McMenamin's sight was affected by the incident.[22] McCann put his hands into McMenamin's mouth and then stamped on his neck; analysts on The Sunday Game, such as Tomás Ó Sé and Ciarán Whelan, described the assault on McMenamin as "despicable" and "disgusting".[23][24] McCann was given a two-match ban.[25][26][27]

McMenamin exited the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final victory against Armagh in the opening minutes with a hamstring injury and, consequently, missed the final.[28]

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. 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.
  3. Foley, Alan (4 February 2018). "Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two". The42.ie. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. Campbell, Peter (25 February 2018). "Donegal scrape by 14-man Kildare in relegation dogfight". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. Bogue, Declan (10 March 2018). "Two-goal Tyrone move closer to safety with big win over Donegal in Omagh". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. McNulty, Chris (13 May 2018). "Ulster SFC: Donegal too good for Cavan". Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  8. Mooney, Francis (27 May 2018). "McBrearty excels to fire Donegal past Derry". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. Mooney, Francis (10 June 2018). "14-man Donegal cruise past Down into Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  10. Lynch, Derrick (27 January 2019). "Missing a host of regulars, Donegal come away from Clare with victory". The42.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  11. Campbell, Peter (2 February 2019). "Fortuitous goal sees Donegal come back to beat Meath". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  12. Fallon, John (10 February 2019). "Casey strikes late goal as Tipp come back to shock Donegal". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  13. Campbell, Peter (24 February 2019). "Fermanagh rally against 13-man Donegal to stay unbeaten in Division 2". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  14. Foley, Alan (2 March 2019). "Super sub Murphy makes decisive impact in narrow win for Donegal". The42.ie. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  15. Hurley, Denis (16 March 2019). "Cork on brink of drop to Division 3 as Donegal power home". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  16. Branigan, Peter (24 March 2019). "Murphy masterclass fires Donegal back to top flight". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  17. 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.
  18. Mooney, Francis (26 May 2019). "Donegal overcome Fermanagh in Ulster arm-wrestle". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  19. Mooney, Francis (8 June 2019). "Donegal power past Tyrone to make Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  20. Sweeney, Peter (23 June 2019). "Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  21. Keys, Colm (11 June 2019). "'The sight was gone for a wee bit' - Tiernan McCann facing one-match ban for 'fish-hook' on Stephen McMenamin". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  22. Nolan, Pat (11 June 2019). "Stephen McMenamin's 'sight was gone' after Tiernan McCann incident, says Karl Lacey: The CCCC meets today and is set to pore over the video evidence which showed the Tyrone wing-back's fingers and then his foot making contact with Donegal defender McMenamin's face". Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  23. "Sunday Game panel: McCann incident was despicable". RTÉ Sport. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  24. Quirke, Mike (11 June 2019). "Discipline on the pitch must match that practised off it". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  25. McNulty, Chris (14 June 2019). "Two-game suspension for Tiernan McCann after 'unacceptable' incident". Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  26. "Proposed two-match ban for Tiernan McCann". RTÉ Sport. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  27. Watters, Andy (14 June 2019). "Tiernan McCann to miss Tyrone's next two Championship games". The Irish News. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  28. Browne, P. J. (16 November 2020). "Mixed Injury News For Donegal Ahead Of Ulster Final". Balls.ie. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  29. O'Toole, Fintan (27 September 2019). "13 players from Dublin as 11 counties feature in 2019 All-Star football nominations: Kerry, Donegal, Mayo, Tyrone, Meath, Roscommon, Armagh, Clare, Cavan and Cork also have nominees". The42.ie. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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