Donal Vaughan

Donal Vaughan is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team and also plays club football for Castlebar Mitchels since 2017 after leaving Ballinrobe.[1][2][3] He has started at centre back in two All-Ireland football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1-14 to 2-12 against.[4][5][6][7]

Donal Vaughan
Personal information
Irish name Dómhnall Mac Úachán
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre Back
Born Cork, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
  • 2006–2017
  • 2017–
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2009–
 Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 5
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

He was sent off in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final after a reckless charge at John Small of Dublin after a free was awarded and Small was shown his second yellow of the match. Dublin would go on to win afterwards. Many Mayo fans have blamed Vaughan's sending off as the main reason why Mayo lost the final.[8]

In December 2017, Vaughan caused controversy when he moved from his home club Ballinrobe to rivals Castlebar Mitchels.[9][10]

References
  1. https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/mayos-donal-vaughan-leaves-his-home-club-of-11-years-to-join-rivals-castlebar-mitchels-36410980.html
  2. https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/donal-vaughan-transfer-club-144411
  3. http://www.mayonews.ie/sports/31293-vaughan-transfers-to-castlebar-mitchels
  4. "Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  6. "Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. "Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/gaa-fans-point-donal-vaughans-11190930
  9. https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/comment-rural-clubs-are-vanishing-and-donal-vaughans-move-only-hastens-their-demise-36411972.html
  10. http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/mayos-donal-vaughan-leave-relegated-11702053


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