Ciaran McGinley is an Irish

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er who plays for Cill Chartha and also, formerly, the Donegal county team. He won an

Ulster Under-21 Football Championship The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest in ...

in 2010 and an

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Playing career

Club

He won the

2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship The 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 95th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. Sixteen teams competed, with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulste ...

. It was the first time his club had won the title in 24 years, having been defeated by Glenswilly at the same stage the previous year.

Inter-county

Jim McGuinness: 2010

McGinley played during the

2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an under 21 Gaelic football inter county competition between the 32 counties of Ireland. Four competitions are contested in each province and the winners of each provincial championship enters th ...

, in which Donegal reached the final, and also featured in the Ulster under-21 campaign under the management of

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is a Gaelic football coach, and former player, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a player with, and later manager of, the Donegal county team. Since 2023, he has been manager, for ...

Bonner–McGuinness interim: 2014–17

Under the management of

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, McGinley received a call-up to the Donegal senior football panel in late 2014. He started Gallagher's first match in charge, a

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away defeat to

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. He started the opening fixture of the 2015 National Football League, also against Derry, albeit at home but was substituted in the first half. He appeared as a second-half substitute in the seventh fixture against Mayo but was then substituted himself sixteen minutes later.

Declan Bonner: 2017–18

Under the management of

Declan Bonner Declan Bonner (born 11 August 1965) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played at senior level for the Donegal county team, winning an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title in 1992. He later managed the Donegal county team ...

, McGinley scored a point in a substitute appearance against

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in the second round of the 2018 National Football League. He also came on as a substitute in the next game, away to Dublin. McGinley made substitute appearances against

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(preliminary round) and Derry (quarter-final) during the

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, which Donegal won; however, he did not play in the semi-final or final. Alongside club mates

Mark McHugh Mark McHugh (born 22 August 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and coach who plays for Cill Chartha and, formerly, for the Donegal county team. He is the brother of Ryan and the son of Martin. He won one All-Ireland Senior Football Champio ...

and

Stephen McBrearty Stephen McBrearty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and also, formerly, the Donegal county team. He is the younger brother of Patrick McBrearty. Playing career Club With his club Cill Chartha, McBrearty won a Donegal ...

, McGinley opted out of the Donegal panel for the

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Honours

;Donegal *

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runner-up: 2010 *

: 2010 ;Cill Chartha *

Donegal Senior Football Championship The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been know ...

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References

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