Conor Morrison (Gaelic footballer)

Conor Morrison (born c. 1996)[1][2] is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Adhamhnáin and the Donegal county team.

Conor Morrison
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner Back
Born c. 1996
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
201?–
 Naomh Adhamhnáin
Club titles
Donegal titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
c. 2020
 DCU
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
201?–
 Donegal

Education

Morrison attended St Eunan's College, studying for his Leaving Certificate in 2013–14.[1] He commenced the final year of his engineering degree at Dublin City University (DCU) in 2019, commuting from Dublin for club training.[2]

Morrison played for DCU in the Sigerson Cup, winning the trophy in 2020.[3][4]

Playing career

Club

Morrison won the 2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship with his club.[5][6] He then played against Roslea Shamrocks in the quarter-final and Omagh in the semi-final of the 2014 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, scoring a point in the latter.[7][8]

Inter-county

Under the management of Rory Gallagher, Morrison was named as a replacement for the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship match against Antrim.[9]

Under the management of Declan Bonner, Morrison played the full final of the 2018 Dr McKenna Cup, which Donegal won and ended Tyrone's six-year streak of wins.[10]

Morrison started against Tyrone and Monaghan in the 2018 National Football League, completing both games.[11][12] He also came on as a substitute against Mayo in the same competition.[13]

Morrison started against Clare and Meath (regular fixture, not the final) in the 2019 National Football League, completing both games.[14][15] He did not feature in any further games, as Donegal won the National Football League Division 2 title.

In April 2019, it was reported that Morrison had left the Donegal panel.[16] After Donegal's exit from the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, former player Brendan Devenney noted: "We don't have a centre half back, we don't have a full-back and we're short an out and out corner-back... Where young Conor Morrison went I'm not sure... We hopefully will have another look at [him]. He looked like a tigerish corner-back".[17]

Honours
Donegal

^ Morrison played the opening two fixtures only.

Naomh Adhamhnáin
DCU

References
  1. McNulty, Chris (7 November 2014). "St Eunan's overcome their 'lost generation' as Maxi Curran's 'new team' win Dr Maguire". Donegal News. Retrieved 7 November 2014. After seeing St Eunan's defeat St Michael's in his first League game in charge on March 23, Maxi Curran urged a quick note of caution. Lee McMonagle's goal secured a 1-10 to 0-10 on a day when the black and amber used four players - Oisin Carr, Jordan McBride, Conor Morrison and Michael Miller - who were in their Leaving Certificate year at St Eunan's College.
  2. Ferry, Ryan (3 October 2019). "St Eunan's are making progress". Donegal News. p. 74. Morrison's age is given as 23.
  3. Keane, Paul (29 January 2020). "DCU's second-half surge propels them to Sigerson glory". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. "Morrison, McCole and Curran help DCU waltz to Sigerson Cup Final". 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. "St Eunan's recapture Donegal SFC title as pressure finally tells on Glenswilly: Michael Murphy's side dethroned after tight game decided by late scoring burst". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. "St Eunan's champions again in Donegal". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  7. McNulty, Chris (10 November 2014). "St Eunan's 1–9 Roslea 0–6". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. "St Enda's almost throw away lead, but battle through to beat St Eunan's: Letterkenny side push for equaliser in the second half, but Omagh club seals the victory with 54th-minute score". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  9. Doggett, Eamon; Byrne, Cormac (21 May 2017). "Donegal v Antrim as it happened: Updates from the Ulster Football Championship - The sides clash at MacCumhaill Park at 4pm today". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. "Donegal end Tyrone's long reign in McKenna Cup final". RTÉ Sport. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  11. Bogue, Declan (10 March 2018). "Two-goal Tyrone move closer to safety with big win over Donegal in Omagh". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  12. Graham, John (18 March 2018). "Monaghan ease past relegation-threatened Donegal". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  13. Gannon, Colm (25 March 2018). "Donegal were on course to stay up in Division 1 but Mayo hit the last three scores of the game to draw the game". The42.ie. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  14. Lynch, Derrick (27 January 2019). "Missing a host of regulars, Donegal come away from Clare with victory". The42.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  15. Campbell, Peter (2 February 2019). "Fortuitous goal sees Donegal come back to beat Meath". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  16. McNulty, Chris (15 April 2019). "Martin O'Reilly withdraws from Donegal squad". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  17. Craig, Frank (9 August 2019). "Flat Donegal hard to figure - Devenney". Donegal News. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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