Mattie McDonagh

Mattie McDonagh
Personal information
Irish name Maitiú Mac Donnchadha
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre-forward
Born 1936
Ballygar, County Galway
Died 11 April 2005
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Big Matt
Occupation National school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
1955–1969
Ballygar
Club titles
Galway titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1956–1968
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 10
All-Irelands 4
NFL 2
All Stars 2

Matthew "Mattie" McDonagh (1936 – 11 April 2005) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Ballygar and at senior level for the Galway county team from 1956 until 1968. McDonagh later served as manager of the Galway team. He is the only man from Connacht with four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner's medals.[1]

  1. ^ Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 12–13.