Andy McDonnell
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Andy McDonnell is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward for Newtown Blues and the Louth county team.
McDonnell played for Louth up until 2021 when he retired after the game against Antrim,[4] having made 93 appearances.[3] He played for Louth in the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship final.[5] He was no longer involved when Louth returned to that in the 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship final.[6]
But McDonnell eventually would win a Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 2025 after he returned from a four-year exile for that year.[7][3][8] By the time he retired again at the end of 2025, McDonnell had made 10 more appearances to take him to a total of 103.[9][10] Between his retirements he took up a media role as a newspaper columnist,[4] when he took over from Seamus O'Hanlon as GAA columnist with the Drogheda Independent and The Argus.[3]
References
[edit source]- ↑ https://www.independent.ie/county/louth/dundalk-news/former-louth-star-andy-mcdonnell-joins-our-team-as-new-gaa-columnist/a/129268750.html|title=Former Louth star Andy McDonnell joins our team as new GAA columnist|date=6 March 2024|quote=the 33-year-old has agreed to come on board
- ↑ https://hoganstand.com/article/index/334753|title=McDonnell set for surprise Louth comeback|website=hogan stand.com|date=8 January 2025|quote=The 34-year-old Newtown Blues midfielder / forward is expected to feature against Fermanagh in a Jimmy McGeough Cup game in Haggardstown on Saturday evening.
- 1 2 3 4 "McDonnell set for surprise Louth comeback - HoganStand".
- 1 2 "Former Louth star Andy McDonnell joins our team as new GAA columnist". 6 March 2024.
- ↑ "'It's nice now 15 years on to say, 'I actually have a medal', to put that to bed'". 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Had the stars aligned, Andy McDonnell could well be lining out for Louth against Dublin on Sunday". 9 May 2023.
- ↑ "Former regular McDonnell poised for dramatic return to Louth panel".
- ↑ Keane, Paul (11 May 2025). "Louth land Leinster crown to end 68-year famine". RTÉ.ie.
- ↑ "Louth Football Star Andy McDonnell retires after 103 Inter County Appearances - Drogheda Life". 29 December 2025.
- ↑ "Andy McDonnell calls time on Inter-County career".
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