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'''Paddy McConigley''' is aan formerIrish [[Gaelic football]]er who played for [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] and [[London GAA|London]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Damian|last=Lawlor|url=http://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|accessdate=18 November 2007}}</ref> He nowcurrently plays for The Railyard Football Club in Kilkenny, where he has won two [[Kilkenny Senior Football Championship]]s in 2015 and 2016.

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>

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

He carried on playing locally 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|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers]]

[[Category:Gaelic football backs]]

[[Category:London inter-county Gaelic footballers]]

[[Category:Railyard Gaelic footballers]]