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Declan WalshThe Malin defender featured against Tyrone, Down and Cork in the 2012 championship, having won Ulster previously at minor in 2006 and U-21 in 2010. Initially came into the senior panel in 2008 under Brian McIver. Played championship up to 2015. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, where he is now chief operating officer, in 2022, he held senior leadership roles at a global insurance company, delivering major projects across the United States, Spain, and Portugal. Played with Doohamlat in Monaghan, where he now lives, until three years ago.
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David WalshWalsh from Naomh Bríd was back assisting at his local club last year and was a second-half substitute in the 2012 All-Ireland final. Had trials at Luton Town FC as a teen and ended up making his championship debut in 2008 and won three Ulsters and the 2012 All-Ireland before retiring from inter-county football in 2017. A sales executive at the Donegal Democrat in 2012, he is now a sales manager at MCM Brands.
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Martin O’ReillySean MacCumhaill’s O’Reilly, after Patrick McBrearty, was the other teen in the 2012 All-Ireland winning panel. Nowadays, he is a director at O’Reilly’s Sports Ltd in Ballybofey, having previously worked as a teacher in Castleknock after studying at Marino College in Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast. Featured more predominantly under Rory Gallagher’s term as Donegal manager, although he featured briefly in 2023 under Paddy Carr.
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Peter McGeeThe youngest of the McGee brothers from Dore, Peter, was part of the Donegal U-21 panel back in 2010 under Jim McGuinness. Was with Gaoth Dobhair as they won the Ulster Club SFC in 2018 and last year lined up for the club’s reserves alongside Eamon and Neil. A Letterkenny-based member of An Garda Síochána, McGee made headlines in 2021 when he saved a woman from drowning after she slipped into the water.