Eamon McGee

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Not to be confused with Eamonn Magee.
Eamon McGee
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Personal information
Native name
Éamonn Mac Aoidh[1] (Irish)
Born (1984-04-26) 26 April 1984 (age 42)
Letterkenny, Ireland
OccupationPhysical therapist
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportGaelic football
PositionRight Corner Back
Club
Years Club
2001–
 Gaoth Dobhair
Club titles
Donegal titles 3
Ulster titles 1
Inter-county
Years County Apps (scores)
2004–2016
 Donegal 154[2] (GLS?-PTS?)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Eamon McGee (born 26 April 1984)[3] is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Gaoth Dobhair and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team (between 2004 and 2016). He is the older brother of Neil McGee.[4]

From Gweedore in County Donegal, he won one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title, three Ulster Senior Football Championship titles and one National Football League title with his county and an Ulster title with his club. For a small time until Patrick McBrearty, Neil McGee, Paddy McGrath, Leo McLoone, Frank McGlynn, Michael Murphy and Anthony Thompson surpassed it in 2018, McGee's haul of Ulster SFC titles was a joint county team record (alongside such past players as Anthony Molloy, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan and Donal Reid).

Playing career

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Club

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McGee made his championship debut for his club against Seán Mac Cumhaills on 8 July 2001.[5] By 2023 he had won three Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles with his club: in 2002, 2006 and 2018; and he had played for his club in 23 consecutive championship campaigns, including in 35 consecutive championship games between 2001 and 2009.[5] Ahead of the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship final, he had made 97 appearances in the club championship (92 in the Donegal SFC and 5 in the Ulster and All-Ireland Club SFC).[5]

The final of the 2002 Donegal SFC, featuring McGee and his club, was not played until 2003 due to a disagreement between two other clubs over Eddie Brennan. McGee has described the medal he received as "tainted".[6]

In 2006, his club returned to the Donegal SFC final. McGee played as his team won a 14th title, in one of the worst Donegal county finals ever.[7]

McGee was sent off in the final of the 2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.[8]

Inter-county

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McGee was first called up to the senior team by Brian McEniff for winter training in 2003.[9] His early years in a Donegal shirt were marked by lapses of discipline—at one point Shane Carr left the panel when McGee moved ahead of him on the substitutes bench despite his lack of dedication.[10]

During the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, he and Brian McLaughlin were suspended from the Donegal panel for a breach of discipline.[11] The BBC reported that the pair had arrived for a "training session in an unfit condition" on two consecutive nights, one month after failing to turn up for one session at all.[12]

In 2006, he and Kevin Cassidy were suspended from the Donegal football panel over a breach of discipline.[13][14] McGee later returned and played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park, scoring one point.[15]

McGee was a member of the Donegal team that won the National Football League in 2007, playing from the start to the end in the final against Mayo.[16]

He spent some time in London and trained with their county team before returning to Donegal in 2010.[17][18]

He and his brother played in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo.[19] He had missed the start of the 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship with a hamstring injury.[20]

He departed the inter-county scene in 2016.[21]

He thinks that the All Stars "mean very little" but admits his own total affects this thinking.[22] Himself and Paddy Andrews agree on this.[23]

Inter-provincial

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McGee represented Ulster in the Inter-Provincial Series.[24]

Post-playing career

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In November 2017, he became part of Gary McDaid's backroom team when McDaid became the first manager of the new Donegal under-20 football team.[25][26]

In March 2021, Donegal announced him as part of Gary Duffy's under-20 management team.[27] In November 2022, he was part of the management team announced for Duffy's successor, Leo McLoone.[28]

On the night of 25 November 2023, McGee was announced as a coach under the senior football management team of Gary Duffy at the Buncrana club.[29][30][31]

Personal life

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McGee has a profound fear of flying, a condition which has affected his ability to cope with flights to games.[32]

McGee supports marriage equality and has campaigned to Repeal the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution.[33]

Honours

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Donegal
Gaoth Dobhair
Colleges
Individual

References

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