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Mattie Donnelly is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Trillick club and the Tyrone county team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Half Forward | ||
| Born | Trillick, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Trillick | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2010– | Tyrone | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
In 2015, he was a key part of a Tyrone teamed that reached the All-Ireland SFC semi-final, and was named in the All Stars team.[2]
Donnelly was named in the Ireland squad for the 2014 international rules test in Australia.[3][4]
Following the retirement of Seán Cavanagh in 2017, Donnelly was appointed Tyrone senior captain. Pádraig Hampsey succeeded Donnelly as captain in May 2021,[5][6] and it was Hampsey who became the third Tyrone captain to lift the Sam Maguire Cup, following Tyrone's victory over Mayo in the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
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