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{{Short description|Donegal Gaelic footballer}}

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'''Paddy McConigley''' is aan formerIrish [[Gaelic football]]er who played inter-county for [[Donegal GAAcounty football team|Donegal county team]] and, before that, the [[London GAAcounty football team|London county team]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Damian|last=Lawlor|url=httphttps://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/mcconigley-determined-to-revive-donegal-career-26332543.html|title=McConigley determined to revive Donegal career|newspaper=[[Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media]]|date=18 November 2007|accessdateaccess-date=18 November 2007}}</ref> He currently plays for The Railyard Football Club in Kilkenny, where he has won two [[Kilkenny Senior Football Championship]] titles, in 2015 and 2016.

He is originally from [[Fanad]].<ref name=dn_23042020/>

He was a member of the Donegal team that won the [[2007 National Football League (Ireland)|2007 National Football League]], and started in the final against [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.donegaltimes.com/2007/04_2/sport.html|title=Donegal achieve historic win - First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo|newspaper=Donegal Times|date=25 April 2007|accessdate=25 April 2007}}</ref> Months later, while on a team bonding trip in [[Milford, County Donegal|Milford]], he was shot in the eye and blinded. His vision never recovered and he never played for Donegal again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=85855|title=McConigley fails to recover sight in one eye|work=Hogan Stand|date=13 November 2007|accessdate=13 November 2007}}</ref><ref name=simple_pleasures>{{cite news|first=John|last=Fogarty|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/simple-pleasures-sustain-mcconigley-232360.html|title=Simple pleasures sustain McConigley|newspaper=Irish Examiner|publisher=Thomas Crosbie Holdings|date=25 May 2013|accessdate=25 May 2013}}</ref>

==Playing career==

He has one son.<ref name=simple_pleasures/>▼

===Club===

McConigley's club [[CLG Gaeil Fhánada|Gaeil Fhánada]] lost the 2006 [[Donegal Intermediate Football Championship]] final to [[CLG Chloich Cheann Fhaola|Cloich Cheann Fhaola]] after two replays.<ref name=dn_23042020/> However, the club won the Division 2 title with a win against [[CLG Seán Mac Cumhaills|Seán Mac Cumhaills]].<ref name=dn_23042020/>

While in London, McConigley played for [[Tír Chonaill Gaels]]. He marked [[Michael Donnellan (footballer)|Michael Donnellan]] in an [[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]] quarter-final, losing by around four points.<ref name=dn_23042020/>

After his inter-county career ended, McConigley continued to play with his club and won a [[Donegal Intermediate Football Championship]] in 2009.<ref name=dd_29062015/> He won an All-Ireland Gaeltacht title in 2012.<ref name=dd_29062015/>

He played club football in Donegal until the conclusion of the 2014 season, then he and his family relocated to Kilkenny and he began playing for Railyard.<ref name=dd_29062015>{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Forker|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2015/06/29/former-donegal-gaa-star-helps-kilkenny-footballers-win-british-junior-title/|title=Former Donegal GAA star helps Kilkenny footballers win British junior title|date=29 June 2015|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>

===Inter-county===

McConigley [[Captain (Gaelic games)|captain]]ed the Donegal minor team and played for three years with the under-21 team, captaining them for two of those.<ref name=dn_23042020>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|title=McConigley reflects on 2007 National League success|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=23 April 2020|pages=52–3}}</ref> He first featured at senior level under the management of [[Mickey Moran]].<ref name=dn_23042020/> However, the local fish farm did not provide with work continually throughout the year so he moved to London, England.<ref name=dn_23042020/> While there he played for the [[London county football team|London county team]]. London played Donegal in 2006 and then Donegal manager [[Brian McIver]] asked McConigley if he would be returning to Ireland.<ref name=dn_23042020/> He did.<ref name=dn_23042020/> After impressing with Gaeil Fhánada (see above), McConigley was invited for a trial with the county team and was included on the panel.<ref name=dn_23042020/> He did not start the opening game of the [[2007 National Football League (Ireland)|2007 National Football League]] (away to [[Cork county football team|Cork]] at [[Páirc Uí Rinn]]) but came on as a substitute in the second game (at home against [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]] in Ballybofey).<ref name=dn_23042020/> He held onto his place in the team after this.<ref name=dn_23042020/> With [[Barry Dunnion]] occupying the other wing, McConigley had to see off competition from future All-Ireland winners [[Eamon McGee]], [[Frank McGlynn (Gaelic footballer)|Frank McGlynn]] and [[Anthony Thompson (Gaelic footballer)|Anthony Thompson]].<ref name=dn_23042020/> He started at right half-back in the NFL semi-final against [[Kildare county football team|Kildare]] at [[Croke Park]] but came off injured after 35 minutes.<ref name=dn_23042020/> McConigley also started in the final, again against Mayo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.donegaltimes.com/2007/04_2/sport.html|title=Donegal achieve historic win — First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo|newspaper=Donegal Times|date=25 April 2007|access-date=25 April 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412230842/http://www.donegaltimes.com/2007/04_2/sport.html|archive-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> He was a late inclusion for that game, instead of [[Thomas Donoghue]].<ref name=dn_23042020/> Eamon McGee came as a substitute for McConigley.<ref name=dn_23042020/> Months later, while on a team bonding trip in [[Milford, County Donegal|Milford]], McConigley was shot in the eye and blinded. His vision never recovered and he never played for Donegal again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=85855|title=McConigley fails to recover sight in one eye|work=[[Hogan Stand]]|date=13 November 2007|access-date=13 November 2007}}</ref><ref name=simple_pleasures>{{cite news|first=John|last=Fogarty|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/simple-pleasures-sustain-mcconigley-232360.html|title=Simple pleasures sustain McConigley|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=25 May 2013|access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> The incident occurred after the [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] qualifier against [[Westmeath county football team|Westmeath]] and before the qualifier against [[Monaghan county football team|Monaghan]]<ref name=dn_23042020/> "It probably was a defining monent in my career to be honest", he said later.<ref name=dn_23042020/>

==Personal life==

▲McConigley is married to Siobhan.<ref name=dn_23042020/> He has one son.<ref name=simple_pleasures/>

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