Vincent Conor McManus is a

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er who formerly played at senior level for the Monaghan county team. Often referred to as one of his county's best-ever players, he is Monaghan's top scorer in

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history. After winning the 2013 Ulster Senior Football Championship with Monaghan, he was hauled down by Sean Cavanagh in sight of goal in the All-Ireland quarter-final, with Monaghan losing only by two points in the end. McManus was later named in the 23-man

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squad for the

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against

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. He scored two goals in the second Test against Australia at

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and won the man of the match award, as Ireland earned a record-breaking victory. On 8 November 2013, McManus won an All Star at corner-forward. He added a second All Star in 2015 after winning his second Ulster Championship that year, having scored 1-26. During a club match with Clontibret O'Neills in spring 2014, he suffered a knee injury that kept him out until the Ulster Football Championship quarter-final against Tyrone. He won another county championship medal as Clontibret came back from a five-point deficit to win 1-10 to 1-09 against Scotstown. McManus enjoyed a good 2015 Ulster Final when scoring six points in an 0-11 to 0-10 win for the Farney Men against Donegal. McManus also scored no fewer than 0-12 in a 1-14 to 0-16 loss to All-Ireland champions Dublin in the National League Division 1 on 27 February 2016. He was the top scorer in that year's National League with 2-43. Selected for

in the 2014 International Rules Test, McManus won the GAA medal as the Irish player of the series against

. He was a scoring asset for Ireland in the 2015 test match, which Ireland won, before winning a second GAA medal in the 2017 International Rules Series for his performance in a losing Irish side.

Career statistics

*As of 27 July 2018

Honours

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* National Football League, Division 2 (1):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* National Football League, Division 3 (1):

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(GAA Medal),

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

(GAA Medal) * All Star (3): 2013, 2015, 2018

References

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