Ryan O'Donoghue
Mayo Gaelic footballer
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Ryan O'Donoghue is a Gaelic football player who plays at club level for Belmullet and at senior level for Mayo.[2][3] He claimed his first All Ireland with Mayo on 26 July 2026.
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| Born | 31 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Corner forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Club
In 2018, O'Donoghue was on the Belmullet team that won the 2018 Mayo Intermediate Football Championship for the first time in 44 years. He scored 0-3 in the final against Burrishoole, which was won on a score of 2–10 to 0–9. [4]
In 2021, O'Donoghue was on the Belmullet team that reached the final of the Mayo Senior Football Championship for the first time in 40 years. He scored three points in a losing final effort against Knockmore, which finished on a scoreline of 1–9 to 0–6.[5]
Inter-county
O'Donoghue made his Senior inter-county championship debut in 2020, starting at wing forward as Mayo beat Leitrim by 0–10 to 2–15 in Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in the quarter-final of the 2020 Connacht Senior Football Championship. [6] He again started at wing forward in the semi-final win against Roscommon.[7] He got his first championship score in the Connacht final, scoring a point as Mayo won against Galway on a scoreline of 0–14 to 0–13.[8]
On 26 July 2026 O'Donoghue won the 2026 All-Ireland Football Championship with Mayo, scoring 0-05.[9] He was named All-Ireland final man of the match and The Sunday Game 2026 Player of the Season. He was selected at 14 in The Sunday Game 2026 Team of the Year.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 6 April 2025
| Team | Year | National League | Connacht | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Mayo | 2020 | Division 1 | 7 | 0–5 | 3 | 0–1 | 2 | 0–2 | 12 | 0–8 |
| 2021 | Division 2 | 4 | 1–4 | 3 | 2–14 | 2 | 0–13 | 9 | 3–31 | |
| 2022 | Division 1 | 8 | 2–37 | 1 | 0–4 | - | 9 | 2–41 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 2–30 | 1 | 0–2 | 5 | 0–20 | 14 | 2–52 | ||
| 2024 | 7 | 0–25 | 3 | 1–26 | 7 | 3–48 | 15 | 3–121 | ||
| 2025 | 1 | 1-04 | 1 | 1-04 | ||||||
| Career total | 34 | 5–101 | 12 | 4–51 | 13 | 2–57 | 59 | 11–209 | ||
Honours
Mayo
- Connacht Senior Football Championship: (2) 2020, 2021
- National Football League: (1) 2023
- FBD League: (1) 2023
Individual
- All Stars Awards: (1) 2021
