Paddy Campbell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Padraig Ó Caimbéal | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Born |
22 April 1974 Glenties, Donegal | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
?–? | Naomh Conaill | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
?–? | Queen's University Belfast | ||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1994–2008 | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Paddy Campbell is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.
Biography
Campbell is from Glenties.
Campbell won a Sigerson Cup medal with Queen's University Belfast in 2000.[1] He captained the Naomh Conaill side that won their first ever Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2005.[2]
With Donegal he won the 2007 National Football League. He started the final against Mayo.[3] He also played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park.[4] He announced in 2008 that he had played his last inter-county game. His final inter-county game was against Monaghan in the third-round of the 2007 All-Ireland qualifiers.[1]
Elsewhere Paddy and brother, Seamus, have been involved with teams in Derry and Tyrone, befriending Brian 'Bud' Ludlow as Manager of Castledawson in 2012. In February 2013, he was named manager of the Naomh Conaill senior team.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Campbell ends Donegal career". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
- ^ "Historic first title for Naomh Conaill". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2005.
- ^ "Donegal achieve historic win - First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo". Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
- ^ "Donegal 0-09 1-09 Armagh". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2006.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (4 February 2013). "Campbell is new Naomh Conaill manager". Donegal News. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
External links
- Paddy Campbell at gaainfo.com