{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{short description|Donegal Gaelic footballer}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | name = Tony McClenaghan | image = | alt = | caption = | <!-- Personal information --> | irish = | sport = Gaelic football | clposition = | icposition = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | <!-- Club(s) --> | code = Football | clyears = 201?–<br>{{c.}} 2015 | clubs = Moville<br>[[Donegal Boston]] | clapps(points) = | <!-- Club titles --> | county = Donegal | clcounty = | province = | clprovince = | clallireland = | <!-- Colleges(s) --> | colyears = | colleges = | colapps(points) = | <!-- College titles --> | fitz = | sig = | <!-- Inter-county(ies) --> | icyears = 201?– | counties = [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]] | icapps(points) = | <!-- Inter-county titles --> | icprovince = | icconnacht = | iculster = | icleinster = | icmunster = | icallireland = | nfl = | nhl = | allstars = | <!-- Last updated --> | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Tony McClenaghan''' is an Irish [[Gaelic football]]er who plays for Moville and the [[Donegal county football team|Donegal county team]].
==Playing career== McClenaghan has also played for [[Donegal Boston]], winning the North-East Men's Senior Football Championship in 2015.<ref name=dsh_30082015>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Foley|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/donegal-boston-seal-north-east-mens-senior-football-championship-with-one-point-win/|title=Donegal Boston seal North-East Men's Senior Football Championship|date=30 August 2015|access-date=30 August 2015}}</ref>
County senior manager [[Rory Gallagher (Gaelic footballer)|Rory Gallagher]] called McClenaghan up ahead of the [[2016 Donegal county football team season|2016 season]] as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as [[Eoghan Bán Gallagher]] and [[Stephen McMenamin]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Gerry|last=Maguire|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2015/11/24/news/donegal-squad-331780/|title=Rory Gallagher puts his faith in youth with minor promotions|work=[[The Irish News]]|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015|quote=The new players on the squad are Danny Rodgers (Dungloe), Stephen McMenamin (Red Hugh's), Kieran Gillespie (Gaoth Dobhair), Michael Carroll (Gaoth Dobhair), Eoin Bán Gallagher (Killybegs), Ciarán Thompson (Naomh Conaill), Stephen McBrearty (Kilcar), Caolan McGonigle (Buncrana), Jack O'Brien (Naomh Muire), Tony McClenaghan (Moville), Rory Carr (St Eunan's) and Caolan Ward (St Eunan's). With the exception of Ward, all of the above are in the 19–20 age bracket.}}</ref>
He co-[[Captain (Gaelic games)|captain]]ed with [[Eoghan Bán Gallagher]] the Donegal team that won the 2017 [[Ulster Under-21 Football Championship]] final against [[Derry county football team|Derry]].<ref name=dd_11042017>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2017/04/11/listen-a-proud-night-as-eoghan-ban-follows-in-fathers-footsteps/|title=Listen: A proud night as Eoghan Ban follows in father's footsteps|date=11 April 2017|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of [[Declan Bonner]], McClenaghan scored a goal against [[Kerry county football team|Kerry]] in [[Killarney]] in the 37th minute of the opening fixture of the [[2018 National Football League (Ireland)|2018 National Football League]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole|url=https://www.the42.ie/kerry-donegal-football-3821091-Jan2018/|title=Casey hits winning point, O'Shea fires 0–7 and 3 red cards shown in Kerry Donegal clash|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=28 January 2018|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> He also started the next game against [[Galway county football team|Galway]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Foley|url=https://www.the42.ie/galway-donegal-allianz-league-report-3833590-Feb2018/|title=Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=4 February 2018|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> He started the next game away to [[Dublin county football team|Dublin]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=O'Brien|url=https://www.the42.ie/dublin-donegal-report-3845428-Feb2018/|title=Dublin survive strong Donegal fightback to make it three wins from three|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=10 February 2018|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> He also started the fourth and fifth games, against [[Kildare county football team|Kildare]] and [[Tyrone county football team|Tyrone]] respectively.<ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Campbell|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0225/943452-donegal-scrape-by-14-man-kildare-in-relegation-dogfight/|title=Donegal scrape by 14-man Kildare in relegation dogfight|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=25 February 2018|access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Declan|last=Bogue|url=https://www.the42.ie/tyrone-v-donegal-report-3897125-Mar2018/|title=Two-goal Tyrone move closer to safety with big win over Donegal in Omagh|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=10 March 2018|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> He was a late substitute in the sixth game against [[Monaghan county football team|Monaghan]].<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Graham|url=https://www.rte.ie/amp/948440/|title=Monaghan ease past relegation-threatened Donegal|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=18 March 2018|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>
McClenaghan started against [[Tipperary county football team|Tipperary]] in the third fixture of the [[2019 National Football League (Ireland)|2019 National Football League]] in [[Thurles]].<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Fallon|url=https://www.the42.ie/tipperary-donegal-division-2-football-report-4486602-Feb2019/|title=Casey strikes late goal as Tipp come back to shock Donegal|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=10 February 2019|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
McClenaghan struggled with a back injury and, after surgery, was recalled to the Donegal senior panel ahead of the [[2020 Dr McKenna Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|url=https://donegalnews.com/2019/11/bonner-boosted-by-return-of-young-guns/|title=Bonner boosted by young guns return|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=28 November 2019|page=80|quote=Moville's Tony McClenaghan has struggled with a back problem over the last two years but after having surgery recently, returns to the fold.}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Donegal *[[Ulster Under-21 Football Championship]]: 2017<ref name=dd_11042017/>
;Donegal Boston *North-East Men's Senior Football Championship: 2015<ref name=dsh_30082015/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Donegal Minor Football Team 2014}}
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