{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox Gaelic games biography |image = |name = Donal Vaughan |irish = Dómhnall Mac Úachán |nickname = Shoes<ref name=nickname>{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/reason-behind-donal-vaughans-nickname-mayo-brilliant-134997|title=The reason behind Donal Vaughan's nickname in Mayo makes so much sense|publisher=[[Joe (website)|Joe]] | date = 26 August 2017 }}</ref> |occupation = Shoe seller<ref name=nickname/> |birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|32|2021|1|3}})<ref name="rte2021"/> |birth_place = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland]] |height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |sport = Gaelic football |code = Football |county = Mayo |province = Connacht |club = {{Plainlist| * [[Ballinrobe GAA|Ballinrobe]] * [[Castlebar Mitchels GAA|Castlebar Mitchels]] }} |clyears = {{Plainlist| * 2006–2017 * 2017– }} |clposition = Midfield |clapps(points) = |clcounty = |clprovince = |clallireland = |counties = [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]] |icyears = 2009–2021 |icposition = Centre Back |icapps(points) = |icprovince = 5 |icallireland = 0 |nfl = 1 |allstars = 0 |clupdate = |icupdate = }}
'''Donal Vaughan ''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|32|2021|1|3|noage=1}})<ref name="rte2021"/> is a [[Gaelic football]]er who played inter county football with [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]]. He plays club football for [[Castlebar Mitchels GAA|Castlebar Mitchels]] since 2017 after leaving [[Ballinrobe GAA|Ballinrobe]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/mayos-donal-vaughan-leaves-his-home-club-of-11-years-to-join-rivals-castlebar-mitchels-36410980.html| title = Mayo's Donal Vaughan leaves his home club of 11 years to join rivals Castlebar Mitchels | website = independent.ie | date = 15 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/donal-vaughan-transfer-club-144411| title = Donal Vaughan transferring clubs 30 minutes apart is not what the GAA is about | website = SportsJOE.ie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mayonews.ie/sports/31293-vaughan-transfers-to-castlebar-mitchels| title = Vaughan transfers to Castlebar Mitchels | website = mayonews.ie }}{{dead link|date=January 2026}}</ref>
==Playing career== Vaughan started at centre back in two All-Ireland SFC finals: the [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|2012 decider]], which Mayo lost by 0–13 to 2–11 against [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]] and the [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|2013 final]], which Mayo lost by 1–14 to 2–12 against Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/19693260|title=Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo|date=23 September 2012|work=BBC Sport|access-date=4 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/murphy-rocket-sees-donegal-strike-gold-3239536.html|title=Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold|date=24 September 2012|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=4 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2013/0922/475757-dublin-v-mayo/|title=Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14|work=RTÉ Sport|publisher=RTÉ|date=22 September 2013|accessdate=22 September 2013}}</ref>
Vaughan was sent off in the [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final]] after a reckless charge at [[John Small (Gaelic footballer)|John Small]] of [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] after a free was awarded and Small was shown his second yellow of the match. [[Dublin county football team|Dublin]] would go on to win afterwards. Some Mayo fans blamed Vaughan's sending off as the main reason why Mayo lost the final.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/gaa-fans-point-donal-vaughans-11190930| title = GAA fans point to Donal Vaughan's sending off as the big turning point in All-Ireland final | work = Irish Mirror Online | date = 17 September 2017 }}</ref>
In December 2017, he moved from his home club [[Ballinrobe GAA|Ballinrobe]] to rivals [[Castlebar Mitchels GAA|Castlebar Mitchels]], a town where he lived and worked, following Ballinrobe's relegation to the Intermediate ranks.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/comment-rural-clubs-are-vanishing-and-donal-vaughans-move-only-hastens-their-demise-36411972.html| title = Comment: Rural clubs are vanishing and Donal Vaughan's move only hastens their demise | website = independent.ie | date = 15 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/mayos-donal-vaughan-leave-relegated-11702053| title = Mayo's Donal Vaughan to leave relegated Ballinrobe for rivals Castlebar Mitchels | work = Irish Mirror Online | date = 15 December 2017 }}</ref>
Vaughan announced his retirement from the inter-county game in January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Gavin |title=Mayo veteran Donal Vaughan announces inter-county retirement |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/mayo-veteran-donal-vaughan-announces-23255141 |access-date=4 January 2021 |work=[[Irish Mirror]]}}</ref><ref name="rte2021">{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0103/1187460-mayos-donal-vaughan-announces-inter-county-retirement/ | website = rte.ie | title = Mayo's Donal Vaughan announces inter-county retirement | date = 3 January 2021 | accessdate = 30 January 2026 | quote = Mayo's Donal Vaughan has announced his retirement from inter-county football [..] at the age of 32}}</ref>
==Personal life== Vaughan owns his own shoe [[Chain store|shop chain]] in his home county, which is named Vaughan Shoes.<ref name=nickname/>
==References== {{Reflist|30m}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024163644/http://gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/1809120940-ten-questions-with-donal-vaughan/ GAA.ie interview 2012] (archived 2012)
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