James Pat McDaid
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Born | 1980s County Donegal, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2000s - 2010s | Glenswilly | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 2 | ||
James Pat McDaid (born 1980s) is an Irish sportsman and politician. A Gaelic footballer, he has played for and captained the Glenswilly senior team.
Born to James and Peggy (née McDermott of Termon), McDaid has four siblings: Barry, Nicola, Aisling and Mark. He grew up at Glenkeeragh, Glenswilly, attended Glenswilly National School and Saint Eunan's College in Letterkenny, then studied Sustainable Building Technology at Institute of Technology, Sligo.[1]
McDaid has won two Donegal Senior Football Championships (2011 and 2013). He scored a point in the 2011 final and captained the team during the 2013 final.[2][3][4][5] Then on they went to the Ulster club final and a Division 2 League title. He kept Sean Quigley scoreless in the Ulster semi-final.[6][7]
McDaid injured a cruciate ligament in his knee while playing in America in 2008 and had to have two cartilage operations on his bones.[6] McDaid is also a politician, representing the Fianna Fáil party. He is a carpenter from a farming background.[8]
Honours
- Player
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External links
- James Pat McDaid on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- James Pat McDaid at Irish Election Literature
- James Pat McDaid archive at Donegal Daily
