Pat Donnellan

Irish Gaelic footballer (born 1941)

Pat Donnellan
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Dónalláin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1941
Dunmore, County Galway
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1950s-1970s
Dunmore McHales
Club titles
Galway titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1960-1967
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 4
All-Irelands 2
NFL 1

Pat Donnellan (born 1941 in Dunmore, County Galway) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dunmore McHales and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1960 until 1967.[1]

Donnellan is a member of a famous football dynasty from Galway. His father, Michael Donnellan, won an All-Ireland medal with Galway in 1925. Donnellan's brother, John, captained Galway to the All-Ireland title in 1964. His nephew, Michael Donnellan, won All-Ireland medals with Galway in 1998 and 2001.

See also

  • Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi, from whom the surname Donnellan derives.

References

  1. ^ "Galway GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
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Galway – 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
Sub used
B. Geraghty for S. Cleary
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Galway – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (6th title)
Sub used
16 M. Reynolds for J. Keenan
Subs not used
17 T. Sands
18 T. Keenan
19 B. Geraghty
20 M. Moore
Selectors
J. Dunne
B. Nestor
F. Stockwell
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Galway – 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (7th title)
Sub used
17 J. Donnellan for S. Meade
Subs not used
16 F. McLoughlin
18 T. Sands
19 M. Reynolds
20 C. Tyrrell
Selectors
J. Dunne
B. Nestor
F. Stockwell


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