Darach O'Connor

Darach O'Connor, born on 15 November 1995, is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Buncrana and the Donegal county team. He has also played association football for teams such as Buncrana Hearts and the Republic of Ireland national schoolboy football team, and his father is the former Roscommon star John Jigger O'Connor, famed for scoring a goal past Kerry's Charlie Nelligan 35 seconds into the 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. After leading Buncrana to the 2013 Donegal Minor Championship he was called up to the senior squad by Jim McGuinness in September 2013. He scored a point on his senior championship debut as a late replacement against Derry in the 2014 Ulster quarter-final, scored a goal in the semi-final against Antrim, started the Ulster final against Monaghan, which Donegal won, and started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Kerry.