Daniel McLaughlin (born 1990) is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who plays for St Michael's and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. With his club, he has emerged from the shadows of the more experienced forwards Colm McFadden and Christy Toye to stake his place on the team. McLaughlin's club reached the final of the

2011 Donegal Senior Football Championship The 2011 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 89th official edition of the Donegal GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Donegal. Glenswilly won the final, for the club's first ever title. St ...

—their first ever senior final—but lost, though McLaughlin scored during the game. McLaughlin featured during the 2010

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won by Donegal, starting against

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in the quarter-final, against

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in the semi-final and against

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in the final (and scoring 0–2 in the semi-final).

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 ...

first called him into the senior squad ahead of the 2011 Dr McKenna Cup. McLaughlin's appearance as a substitute in the final was hailed as important to Donegal's historic second consecutive

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 ...

winning campaign of 2012. A squad member during Donegal's 2012 All-Ireland winning campaign, he did not play in the final but made a substitute appearances at

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against Kerry in the quarter-final and

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in the semi-final. He accompanied the team on their end-of-year holiday to

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. He was still playing for Donegal as of 2015. He managed his club in 2021.

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Official profile
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A Daniel McLaughlin Goal in the Senior Football Championship
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLaughlin, Daniel 1990 births Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football managers St Michael's (Donegal) Gaelic footballers