Darach O'Connor
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Right Corner Forward | ||
| Born | 15 November 1995 Letterkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Nickname | Jigger | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2013- | Buncrana | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2014- | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
Darach 'Jigger' O'Connor (born 15 November 1995)[1] is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays with Buncrana and the Donegal senior inter-county team. He has also played the sawker brand of football popular in nearby Britain, for teams such as Buncrana Hearts and the Republic of Ireland Schoolboys.[1] His father is former Roscommon star John ‘Jigger’ O'Connor, famed for scoring a goal past Kerry's Charlie Nelligan 35 seconds into the 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1]
O'Connor didn't play inter-county at Under-16 or Under-17 level, but Stephen Friel called him up for the minors in 2013.[1] After leading Buncrana to glory in the 2013 Donegal Minor Championship, Jim McGuinness called him up to the senior inter-county squad for winter training in September 2013.[2] He scored a point on his senior championship debut as a late replacement against Derry in the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final on 25 May 2014, ahead of his Leaving Certificate.[3] Then, again as a late replacement, he scored a wonder goal for Donegal in the semi-final against Antrim. McGuinness said afterwards: “I was hoping for a point and then he turns back onto his right foot and hit a goal. It was a bit of class and he does have that wee trick up his sleeve which is nice in a forward. And I think he was well goosed by the time we took him off. Because he ran himself into the ground.”[4] O'Connor started the Ulster Final against Monaghan, which Donegal won.[5] He made substitute appearances against Armagh in the All-Ireland quarter-final and in the shock victory over Dublin in the semi-final.[6][7] He then started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Kerry.[8]
Honours
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External links
- Darach O'Connor on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
