Plunkett Donaghy

Plunkett Donaghy is a former Gaelic footballer from The Moy in County Tyrone who played club football for Moy and represented the Tyrone county team. With Tyrone he won three Ulster Senior Football Championship medals, in 1984, 1986 and 1989, and he was part of the Tyrone side that reached its first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final in 1986, where the team met Kerry. His contributions that year earned him an All Star Award, and he captained Tyrone to a further Ulster title in 1989. He also played for Ireland against Australia. He is counted among the leading figures of the first relatively successful Tyrone team, and he was known for his great ability to catch a ball and for his shaggy blond hair. He comes from a footballing family, since his father Pat played for Moy and Tyrone in the 1950s and his brother Colm also played for the county.