Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí

Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí (born 1998/9) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team. He is a utility player.^[1]

Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Utility
Born	1998/9^[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
201?–	Naomh Conaill
Club titles
Donegal titles	4
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	UCD
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
20??–	Donegal

Playing career

Club

He won a Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) with his club in 2019, after a three-game final in which he scored a point in each game, including the opening score of the third game's second half.^[2] He also scored a goal in the 2019 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship final.^[3] Naomh Conaill retained the Donegal SFC title in 2020, with the final being delayed until August 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.^[4]

He scored a goal for his club against Gaoth Dobhair in the first half of the 2021 Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter-final.^[5] However, the club lost the final by ten points to St Eunan's.^[6] Then he won the 2022 Donegal Senior Football Championship.^[7][8][9] He also won the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship, scoring 0–1 in the final against Gaoth Dobhair.^[10][11][12] It was his fourth medal as winner.^[1]

College

He played Sigerson Cup football for UCD.^[13]

Inter-county

First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of Declan Bonner, Mac Ceallabhuí was called into the team ahead of the 2020 season.^[14]

He made a substitute appearance in Donegal's first fixture of the 2020 National Football League against Mayo.^[15] Another substitute appearance followed in the game against Meath.^[16] He did not feature in the next two fixtures (against Galway and Dublin, respectively); however, he made another substitute appearance in the next game, against Monaghan.^[17][18][19] Then the COVID-19 pandemic brought play to a halt. Play resumed behind closed doors on 18 October with a home game against Tyrone; Mac Ceallabhuí started that game.^[20] He also started, and completed, the last game of the campaign, away to Kerry.^[21]

He made his first championship start against Tyrone in the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final.^[22] He then appeared as a substitute for the injured Stephen McMenamin after three minutes of the semi-final defeat of Armagh.^[23]

He was troubled by injury during the 2021 season.^[24]

He made a substitute appearance in Donegal's first fixture of the 2022 National Football League against Mayo, during which he scored a point.^[25] He did not feature in the next two fixtures, against Kildare and Kerry, respectively.^[26][27]

However, his involvement in the next fixture, against Tyrone, was crucial, as he scored a very late goal in that game.^[28][29] He also made a substitute appearance against Dublin in the next game, though he did not feature against Armagh in the concluding fixture.^[30][31]

He made a substitute appearance against Armagh in the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.^[32] He did not feature in any of Donegal's three games in the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship.^[33][34][35]

He made a substitute appearance in Donegal's first fixture of the 2023 National Football League against Kerry.^[36] He started the next fixture against Tyrone, scoring a point.^[37] He did not feature in the next two games, against Monaghan and Galway.^[38][39] He made further substitute appearances in the last league three games of the season, against Armagh, Mayo and Roscommon, scoring a point against Roscommon.^[40][41][42]

He missed the 2023 championship games against Down and Clare because he was studying for exams.^[43] He later made a substitute appearance against Derry.^[44] However, he did not play against Monaghan, or against Tyrone.^[45][46]

Personal life

His grandfather Josie Mac Ceallabhuí played for the same club, including against St Joseph's in the 1965 Donegal SFC final.^[47]

Honours

Naomh Conaill

• Donegal Senior Football Championship: 2019^[2] 2020,^[4] 2022,^[9] 2023^[10]

References

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2. GAME 1: Campbell, Peter (20 October 2019). "Ulster champions Gaoth Dobhair face Donegal decider replay after draw against Naomh Conaill". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2019. GAME 2: O'Kane, Cahair (28 October 2019). "Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conaill proving inseparable". The Irish News. Retrieved 28 October 2019. GAME 3: Campbell, Peter (30 October 2019). "Naomh Conaill prevail in Donegal decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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6. McMullan, Michael (11 November 2022). "Mac Ceallabhuí hoping Naomh Conaill rise to new challenge". Gaelic Life. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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