Pascal McConnell

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Pascal McConnell
Personal information
Irish name Pascal Mac Dhónaill
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1980-04-10) 10 April 1980 (age 41)
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

Pascal McConnell is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tyrone county team.

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[]

McConnell's older brother is Tyrone's All Star-winning goalkeeper of the nineties, Finbar McConnell.[2]

Playing career[]

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[]

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[]

  1. ^ "TGoalkeeper Pascal McConnell calls time on Tyrone career". BBC Sport. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Brian McConnell: Father of Tyrone goalkeepers was big in stature, character and heart". The Irish News. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Pascal Mcconnell · TheJournal.ie". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Tyrone goalkeeper Pascal McConnell retires". RTÉ Sport. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Pascal Mcconnell · The42". The42. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Tyrone's Pascal McConnell retires from inter-county football". Irish Independent. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Pascal's superb decade at an end". Belfast Telegraph. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Cavanagh to skipper Tyrone as McConnell retires". Hogan Stand. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.


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