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Conall Dunne (born 1983 or 4) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.
"What happened was that we [Dunne and Rory Kavanagh] were down at the Kilmacud Crokes 7s. We'd been up in Dublin. The nature of that, it's a gruelling weekend. So we'd a good few days. We were still feeling quite sore on the Monday. We both landed down to a trial game… I never got any explanation on it from Jim [McGuinness]. There was no fallout… You have to remember Donegal at the time hadn't been too successful and were in a really poor place. So I probably didn't think I was going to be missing out on anything. There is no doubt about it, it was bad timing. And it was disappointing to miss out on Ulster and All-Ireland medals. But that's football, that's life".
– Dunne speaking in 2021 on the abrupt end to his playing days with his county[3]
Dunne played his club football for St Eunan's.[4] Among his fans were Joe Kernan.[5]
He had taken over as the club's penalty taker by 2014.[2]
Dunne retired at the end of the 2019 season.[1]
Dunne played at senior level for the Donegal county team.[6]
He made his championship debut in 2002 in Donegal's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Dublin. He did not make another appearance in the Championship for three years.[7]
He played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park and scored one point.[8]
He was one of three representatives from his club on the county panel that won the 2007 National Football League.[9]
He scored a goal against Laois in the 2010 National Football League.[10]
He scored a goal against Down in 2010.[7]
He lost his place in the panel when Jim McGuinness took over as manager in late 2010.[3] Himself and Rory Kavanagh arrived to an early trial match but a misunderstanding led them to forget their sportswear.[3] Kavanagh located the necessary in the car park, Dunne could not.[3]
Dunne is a chartered accountant (part of the body Chartered Accountants Ireland) and succeeded Niall Doherty (brother of Eamonn Doherty) as treasurer of his club.[1][11][12] He trained with PricewaterhouseCoopers and went on to work in the food industry, later establishing an accountancy practice (Conall Dunne & Co).[13]
- Donegal
- St Eunan's
- Donegal Senior Football Championship: X number of… 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
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