Pascal McConnell is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tyrone county team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pascal Mac Dhónaill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
10 April 1980 Tyrone | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Nickname | Packie | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1999– | Newtownstewart St Eugene's | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1999–2013 | Tyrone | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
He is an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner.
McConnell competed with John Devine and Niall Morgan to be first choice goalkeeper for Tyrone.[1]
Early life and family edit
McConnell's older brother is Tyrone's All Star-winning goalkeeper of the nineties, Finbar McConnell.[2]
Playing career edit
In 1998, McConnell played alongside Stephen O'Neill in the MacRory Cup semi-final for Omagh CBS.[3]
Over the course of his career with Tyrone GAA, McConnell helped win three All-Ireland senior medals for the county.[4]
Retirement edit
McConnell announced his retirement from inter-county football in November 2013.[5][6]
When asked about this decision, McConnell said, "There is a big commitment required in order to stay performing at the top level and I feel the time is right to bow out and start a new chapter in my life. I have absolutely no regrets from my playing career with Tyrone, although, I suppose if I was a bit greedy, I would say that I felt that we could have won the All Ireland in 2009 and 2010."[7][8]
His retirement from inter-county football left Conor Gormley, Dermot Carlin, Stephen O'Neill and Seán Cavanagh as the only remaining links to the Tyrone team that won the county's first All-Ireland senior title in 2003.[9]
References edit
- ^ "TGoalkeeper Pascal McConnell calls time on Tyrone career". BBC Sport. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Brian McConnell: Father of Tyrone goalkeepers was big in stature, character and heart". The Irish News. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "We were going to empty out the county... Fermanagh was going to wage war on Tyrone that day". The Irish News. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Pascal Mcconnell · TheJournal.ie". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Tyrone goalkeeper Pascal McConnell retires". RTÉ Sport. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Pascal Mcconnell · The42". The42. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Tyrone's Pascal McConnell retires from inter-county football". Irish Independent. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Pascal's superb decade at an end". Belfast Telegraph. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Cavanagh to skipper Tyrone as McConnell retires". Hogan Stand. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2004/0804/sport/kfgbauaueygb/
- http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/story.asp?j=36557&cat=sport[permanent dead link]
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