Ryan O'Donoghue
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| Born | 31 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Corner forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan O'Donoghue is a Gaelic football player who plays at club level for Belmullet and at senior level for Mayo.[2][3] He claimed his first All Ireland with Mayo on 26 July 2026.
Playing career
Club
In 2018, O'Donoghue was on the Belmullet team that won the 2018 Mayo Intermediate Football Championship for the first time in 44 years. He scored 0-3 in the final against Burrishoole, which was won on a score of 2–10 to 0–9. [4]
In 2021, O'Donoghue was on the Belmullet team that reached the final of the Mayo Senior Football Championship for the first time in 40 years. He scored three points in a losing final effort against Knockmore, which finished on a scoreline of 1–9 to 0–6.[5]
Inter-county
O'Donoghue made his Senior inter-county championship debut in 2020, starting at wing forward as Mayo beat Leitrim by 0–10 to 2–15 in Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in the quarter-final of the 2020 Connacht Senior Football Championship. [6] He again started at wing forward in the semi-final win against Roscommon.[7] He got his first championship score in the Connacht final, scoring a point as Mayo won against Galway on a scoreline of 0–14 to 0–13.[8]
On 26 July 2026 O'Donoghue won the 2026 All-Ireland Football Championship with Mayo, scoring 0-05.[9] He was named All-Ireland final man of the match and The Sunday Game 2026 Player of the Season. He was selected at 14 in The Sunday Game 2026 Team of the Year.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 6 April 2025
| Team | Year | National League | Connacht | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Mayo | 2020 | Division 1 | 7 | 0–5 | 3 | 0–1 | 2 | 0–2 | 12 | 0–8 |
| 2021 | Division 2 | 4 | 1–4 | 3 | 2–14 | 2 | 0–13 | 9 | 3–31 | |
| 2022 | Division 1 | 8 | 2–37 | 1 | 0–4 | - | 9 | 2–41 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 2–30 | 1 | 0–2 | 5 | 0–20 | 14 | 2–52 | ||
| 2024 | 7 | 0–25 | 3 | 1–26 | 7 | 3–48 | 15 | 3–121 | ||
| 2025 | 1 | 1-04 | 1 | 1-04 | ||||||
| Career total | 34 | 5–101 | 12 | 4–51 | 13 | 2–57 | 59 | 11–209 | ||
Honours
Mayo
- Connacht Senior Football Championship: (2) 2020, 2021
- All Ireland Senior Football Championship: (1) 2026
- National Football League: (1) 2023
- FBD League: (1) 2023
Individual
- All Stars Awards: (1) 2021
References
- ↑ "Ryan O'Donoghue - Stats - History - Career Details". www.extratime.com.
- ↑ "Mayo 0–17 Dublin 0–14: Mayo finally beat Dubs after extra-time and march on to All-Ireland final". Sky Sports. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ↑ "'My diet still isn't the same from the boxing' – Ryan O'Donoghue fuelling his Mayo ambitions". Irish Independent. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ "Belmullet bridge 44-year gap". The Connaught Telegraph. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ Gannon, Colm (21 November 2021). "Kevin McLoughlin's Knockmore retain Mayo football crown against Belmullet". The42.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ "Mayo breeze past Leitrim to set up a date with Roscommon". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ Michael, Gallagher (21 April 2024). "Mayo record comfortable sunshine win in Roscommon". www.mayonews.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ Gaa.ie (15 November 2020). "Connacht SFC Final: Mayo win in the west". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ Gault, Matt. "Mayo beat Kerry in thriller to end 75-year All-Ireland wait". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "Mayo's Ryan O'Donoghue named All-Ireland man of the match and player of the season as Sunday Game team of the year revealed". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2026.