Paddy McConigley
Paddy McConigley is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Donegal and, before that, London.[1] He currently plays for The Railyard Football Club in Kilkenny, where he has won two Kilkenny Senior Football Championships in 2015 and 2016.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Railyard | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
200?–200? 200?–2007 |
London Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NFL | 1 | ||
He was a member of the Donegal team that won the 2007 National Football League, and started in the final against Mayo.[2] Months later, while on a team bonding trip in Milford, he was shot in the eye and blinded. His vision never recovered and he never played for Donegal again.[3][4]
He has one son.[4]
He carried on playing locally and won a Donegal Intermediate Football Championship in 2009.[5] He won an All-Ireland Gaeltacht title in 2012.[5]
He played club football in Donegal until the conclusion of the 2014 season, then he and his family relocated to Kilkenny and he began playing for Railyard.[5]
References
- Lawlor, Damian (18 November 2007). "McConigley determined to revive Donegal career". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
- "Donegal achieve historic win - First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo". Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
- "McConigley fails to recover sight in one eye". Hogan Stand. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
- Fogarty, John (25 May 2013). "Simple pleasures sustain McConigley". Irish Examiner. Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- Forker, Mark (29 June 2015). "Former Donegal GAA star helps Kilkenny footballers win British junior title". Retrieved 29 June 2015.