John F. Donnellan, born on 27 March 1937, is an Irish former politician and sportsman. He played Gaelic football for his local club Dunmore McHales and at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1960s. After winning an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship with Galway in 1958, he captained the senior team in 1964, leading Galway to victory over Kerry in the All-Ireland final, and went on to win three consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals as part of one of the greatest Galway teams. He also won six Connacht titles and a Railway Cup medal with Connacht. With Dunmore McHales he won county championships and Connacht club titles. Away from the field he served as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for twenty-five years and as a Minister of State from 1982 to 1987.
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In 1967 he won a Railway Cup medal with Connacht before winning a sixth and final provincial medal in 1968.
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He played Gaelic football for his local club Dunmore McHales and at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1960s.
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at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1960s
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Donnellan captured his first All-Ireland SFC medal.
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