Damien McCaul is a

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er who plays for the Donaghmore GAA club and at senior level for the Tyrone county team. He plays as a corner-back.

Career

McCaul made the breakthrough into the Tyrone team in the 2007 McKenna Cup pre-season competition and was soon embroiled in controversy. It was claimed he should not have been fielded in the McKenna Cup, being a Colleges player with the

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. However, he went on to be part of the Tyrone side in the

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. Tyrone won the

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the Irish province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in April. The final is ...

and thus reached the

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. McCaul was a starting member of the team that played

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. Although McCaul kicked a point from corner-back, Meath won by 1-13 to 2-8 to knock Tyrone out.

McCaul McCaul, also spelt MacCawell is an Irish surname, derived from the Gaelic '' Mac Cathmhaoil'', meaning the "son of Cathmhaol", ''descendant of'' being implied. The name ''Cathmhaoil'' itself is derived from ''cath mhaol'' meaning "battle chief" ...

is a member of the Tyrone panel again this year and has appeared in the National Football League 2008. McCaul was taught everything he knows by older brother Sean, who turned down a place on Tyrone's 2003 All-Ireland winning to give other teams a chance.

Honours

(1): 2008 *

(3): 2007, 2009, 2010 *

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(2): 2007, 2011

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071118191117/http://sidelineview.ie/news_reports/news_item%3D42.html

*http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2007/01/03/story291785.asp *http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/reality-bites-for-tyrone-in-absence-of-oneill-1280091.html Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Glasnevin Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Tyrone-gaelic-football-bio-stub