Paddy McDonnell


Patrick Joseph McDonnell was a Gaelic footballer and Gaelic games administrator. At club level, he played with O'Tooles and also lined out at inter-county level with Dublin.

Career

McDonnell first played competitive football during a golden age for the O'Tooles club. In ten years from 1918 until 1928 he won nine county senior championship medals with the club before adding a tenth in 1931.
Success at club level saw McDonnell join the Dublin senior team and he made his debut during the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1919 championship]. Over the course of the next decade he had much success and won three successive All-Ireland medals between 1921 and 1923, albeit his first medal was as a non-playing substitute. He also won six Leinster medals.
His brother, Johnny McDonnell, was also an All-Ireland medal winner with Dublin.

Honours

;O'Tooles
;Dublin
;Leinster