Paddy McDonnell

Paddy McDonnell
Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Mac Dónaill
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	Patrick Joseph McDonald; 29 April 1895; North Strand, Dublin, Ireland
Died	18 July 1977 (aged 82); Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nickname	Macker
Occupation	Sweepstakes official
Club(s)
Years	Club
	O'Tooles
Club titles
Dublin titles	10
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1919-1932	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	6
All-Irelands	3

Patrick Joseph McDonnell (29 April 1895 – 18 July 1977^[1]) was a Gaelic footballer and Gaelic games administrator. At club level, he played with O'Tooles and also lined out at inter-county level with Dublin.^[2]

Career

McDonnell first played competitive football during a golden age for the O'Tooles club. In ten years from 1918 until 1928 he won nine county senior championship medals with the club before adding a tenth in 1931.

Success at club level saw McDonnell join the Dublin senior team and he made his debut during the 1919 championship. Over the course of the next decade he had much success and won three successive All-Ireland medals between 1921 and 1923, albeit his first medal was as a non-playing substitute. He also won six Leinster medals.

His brother, Johnny McDonnell, was also an All-Ireland medal winner with Dublin.

Honours

O'Tooles

Dublin Senior Football Championship: 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931

Dublin

Leinster

Railway Cup
: 1928, 1929, 1930

References

^ "McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph ('Paddy'; 'Macker')". DIB website. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ "Bloody Sunday 1920, the GAA and 'Stonewall' Jack O'Reilly". East Wall for All website. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[1] "McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph ('Paddy'; 'Macker')". DIB website. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[2] "Bloody Sunday 1920, the GAA and 'Stonewall' Jack O'Reilly". East Wall for All website. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

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