Jimmy O'Donnell (Gaelic footballer)

James K. O'Donnell (1940 to 28 February 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for a number of club sides and at inter-county level for Leitrim and Cavan. Born in Kilnaleck, County Cavan, he grew up in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, and first came to prominence with the Sean McDermotts club, winning a Leitrim Junior Football Championship in 1958. He played for the Leitrim minor team at sixteen in the 1956 All-Ireland minor final, which Dublin won, and moved up to the Leitrim senior team in his final minor year. He joined the Cavan senior team in 1963 and won Ulster Senior Football Championship titles in 1964 and 1967. He worked for Ulster Bank and died in Galway aged 81.