Ciarán McDonald (Tipperary Gaelic footballer)

Not to be confused with Ciarán McDonald.

Ciarán McDonald is an Irish Gaelic football player who previously played at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Aherlow in West Tipperary.

Ciarán McDonald

Personal information
Irish name	Ciarán Mac Dónaill
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left Corner Back
Born	County Tipperary, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2006-	Aherlow
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2008-2017	Tipperary

Career

McDonald made his championship debut in 2008 against Limerick and captained Tipperary to win the 2010 Munster Under 21 Football title. He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2014 international rules test in Australia.^[1][2][3] On 21 August 2016, McDonald started for Tipperary as they were beaten in the All-Ireland semi-final by Mayo on a 2–13 to 0–14 scoreline, their first semi-final in 81 years.^[4][5][6][7]

In December 2017, McDonald announced his retirement from inter-county football due to injury at the age of 28.^[8]