Peter McGinley (born 1973/74)
[ 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 ...
coach and former player for the Donegal county team.
P. J. McGowan
P. J. McGowan (born 1951/52) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and administrator. He succeeded Brian McEniff as Donegal county football team, Donegal manager in 1994 and lasted until 1997, thus preceding Declan Bonner's first spell in charge. H ...
was the manager to introduce McGinley to the Donegal senior team.
McGinley emerged as a player at the age of 17 when he played for his club in their three matches as they advanced to the 1991 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament organised by Ulster GAA. It is played between the Senior championship winners from each of the nine counties of Ulster. The competition was first held in 1968 an ...
final; he had not played during the 1991 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 ...
which his club had won to qualify for the Ulster Club SFC.2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 88th official edition of the Donegal GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Donegal.
Naomh Conaill won the final, for the club's second title.
Quar ...
but Naomh Conaill defeated them, following a series of injuries in advance that made competing in that game all the more difficult.
He also served as 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 ...
's assistant manager with the under-21 county team that reached 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 ...
final but did not join McGuinness in his later senior role due to work commitments.
McGinley coached (at under-18 level) Séamus Coleman
Séamus Coleman ( ; born 11 October 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains both club Everton and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Originally a Gaelic footballer, Coleman started his associa ...
, who went on to play for League of Ireland
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side Sligo Rovers
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The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...
, transferred to English Premier League
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side Everton and took over as captain
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of the Republic of Ireland national football team
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The team made their debut at the Ir ...
during the UEFA Euro 2016
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final tournament in France.
References
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1970s births
Living people
Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football managers