Dan O'Neill (Gaelic footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Dónall Ó Néill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1933 Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland | ||
| Died |
8 January 2015 (aged 81) Kingston, Galway, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Garda | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Castlebar Mitchels Oliver Plunketts St. Dominic's Naomh Mhuire Fr. Griffins | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Mayo titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1953-1956 1957-1962 1963 |
Mayo Louth Mayo | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Daniel O'Neill (1933 - 8 January 2015) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo and Louth county teams lasted a decade from 1953 until 1963.[1]
Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, O'Neill first played competitive Gaelic football with the Castlebar Mitchels club. He was just eighteen-years-old when he won the first of four successive county senior championship medals in 1951. O'Neill later played with numerous clubs in Louth and won a county senior championship medal in 1957 with Oliver Plunketts. After rejoining the Castlebar Mitchels club in Mayo, he won a fifth county senior championship medal in 1963. O'Neill finished his club career with Fr. Griffins in Galway.
O'Neill first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Mayo junior team. He won a Connacht medal in that grade in 1953, before making his senior debut during the 1953-54 league. O'Neill won a Connacht and National League medals with the team, however, a dispute with the Mayo County Board over expenses saw him walk away from the Mayo team in 1956. Shortly after this he joined the Louth senior team and won a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals in 1957. After several years playing for Louth, O'Neill returned to Mayo and played his final game for the team in 1963.
Honours
- Castlebar Mitchels
- Mayo Senior Football Championship (5): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1963
- Mayo
- Ulster Senior Football Championship (1): 1955
- National Football League (1): 1953-54
- Connacht Junior Football Championship (1): 1953
- Louth
References
- ^ "Tributes paid to great Gael Dan O'Neill". The Mayo News. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.