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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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412230842/http://www.donegaltimes.com/2007/04_2/sport.html|archivedate=12 April 2015}}</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> |