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Jimmy O'Donnell (Gaelic footballer)
Cavan and Leitrim Gaelic footballer (1940–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James K. O'Donnell (1940 – 28 February 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for a number of club sides, including Cootehill Celtic, and at inter-county level with the Leitrim and Cavan senior football teams.
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Career
Born in Kilnaleck, County Cavan in 1940,[1] O'Donnell and his family moved to Manorhamilton, County Leitrim at an early age. He first came to sporting prominence with the local Seán McDermotts club, winning a Leitrim JFC title in 1958, before later lining out with Cootehill Celtic in Cavan and Kickhams in Dublin.[2][3] O'Donnell first appeared on the inter-county scene as a 16-year-old member of the Leitrim minor team that lost the 1956 All-Ireland minor final to Dublin. He was in his final year as a minor when he progressed onto the Leitrim senior football team. O'Donnell joined the Cavan senior football team in 1963 and won two Ulster Championship titles.[4]
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Personal life and death
O'Donnell was educated at St Patrick's College in Cavan and spent his entire working life as a bank official with Ulster Bank. His nephew, Seán Óg de Paor, won two All-Ireland medals with the Galway senior football team.[5] O'Donnell died in Galway on 28 February 2022, at the age of 81.[6]
Honours
- Seán McDermotts
- Cavan
References
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