Martin O'Reilly (Gaelic footballer)

Martin 'Marty' O'Reilly is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who plays for Seán MacCumhaills of Ballybofey and also, formerly, for the Donegal county football team.

Martin O'Reilly
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Raghallaigh[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Half Forward
Born (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993
Letterkenny, Ulster, Ireland
Height 1m 76 cm
Nickname Marty
Occupation Primary school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2010–
 Seán MacCumhaills
Colleges(s)
Years College
 Marino Institute of Education
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2012–2019
 Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 1

Early life and education

O'Reilly attended college in Marino Institute of Education and is now a primary school teacher in Castleknock, Dublin. He is related to former Mayo footballers Willie Joe Padden and Billy Joe Padden.

His father Terry, a former garda from Gleann Lára (English: Glenlara), a townland near Belmullet, County Mayo, in the West of Ireland, is club chairman of Seán MacCumhaill's.[2]

Playing career

Club

O'Reilly plays both football and hurling for his club.[3]

Inter-county

Under-age

He was held scoreless in the 2012 Corn Na Mac Leinn final by a somewhat tenacious defender.

He played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan in the 2013 Ulster final.[4] He played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan again in the 2014 Ulster final.[5]

Senior

Jim McGuinness first called O'Reilly into the Donegal county football team in late 2011.[6]

A member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo, he was an unused substitute in the final.[7][8][9]

O'Reilly started Rory Gallagher's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.[10]

Under the management of Gallagher's successor Declan Bonner, O'Reilly withdrew from senior inter-county football ahead of the 2019 championship after experiencing limited match time during the 2019 National Football League.[6] He transferred to Philadelphia for the summer.[11] He won the Philadelphia Championship there in August 2019, the Saturday before he returned to Ireland to play for his club Seán MacCumhaill's in the 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship.[11]

Honours
Donegal
?
  • Philadelphia Championship: 2019[11]

References
  1. "Two changes for clash with Roscommon". Donegal News. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. Foley, Alan (10 April 2013). "O'Reilly family will be split for Ulster U-21 final". Donegal Democrat. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. Foley, Alan (11 February 2016). "Interview: Séan McVeigh targets further progress for Donegal hurlers in 2016". Retrieved 11 February 2016. Martin O'Reilly is part of Rory Gallagher's panel with the Donegal senior footballers and scored seven goals in a hurling championship game for MacCumhaill's against Buncrana last season. In 2011, O'Reilly played in the curtain-raiser at St Tiernach's Park in Clones as Donegal overcame Tyrone in the Ulster Under-21 Shield final.
  4. "Ulster U21 Final Live: Donegal 1-06 v Cavan 0-13". Donegal Now. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. "Cavan seal a fourth successive Ulster U21 football title as they see off Donegal: The winners finished strongly in tonight's decider at the Athletic Grounds". MSN. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. McNulty, Chris (15 April 2019). "Martin O'Reilly withdraws from Donegal squad". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  7. "Live updates from the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park". RTÉ Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  8. "Sams World Tour of Donegal". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  9. "Gary McFadden lifts Sam Maguire Trophy". Sports File. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  10. McNulty, Chris (4 January 2015). "Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry". Donegal News. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  11. McLaughlin, Gerry (16 August 2019). "O'Reilly boost for MacCumhaills". Donegal News. p. 57.
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