Frankie Donnelly was a Gaelic footballer who was part of Tyrone's breakthrough era in the mid-fifties, claiming two Ulster Championships in a row and being Ulster's top scorer in both years. His prolific scoring has passed into legend, and he holds the record for the highest individual scoring tally in an inter-county match, 4-11 against Fermanagh in the 1957 Dr Lagan Cup, a figure that James Naughton of Limerick passed with 4-12 against Waterford in the 2025 National Football League. He played for his club Carrickmore St Colmcille's for twenty-four years, during which they won four Tyrone Senior Football Championship titles. He played before the All Star awards began, and he died on 14 March 2007, leaving a wife and four children.
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was a Gaelic footballer, who was part of Tyrone's breakthrough era in the mid-fifties
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was a Gaelic footballer, who was part of Tyrone's breakthrough era in the mid-fifties
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