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11 Sept 2025

Introducing the Donegal Sports Star Awards 1980 winners 40 years on one-by-one

The Donegal Sports Star Committee caught up on the 40-year anniversary presentations on Monday night in Letterkenny, having sat out two years during the pandemic, and re-introduced the 1980 and 1981 winners - these are the stories of the 1980 winners

Eddie McGinley (Best Sports Boy)
In 1980 Eddie successfully represented his school PCC Falcarragh in four different sports - athletics, basketball, GAA and soccer. When only a first year at PCC he played on the GAA teams in all age-groups up to senior in county and provincial competitions. Eddie McGinley had a lot of highs in 1980. He was the outstanding player when PCC won the National Junior Schools title. He also won nine Irish international schoolboys caps. Eddie McGinley went on to captain Fanad United to an historic FAI Intermediate Cup Final win in 1988 while he also played in the League of Ireland with Finn Harps.
Christopher McGinley, for Eddie McGinley, received the best sports boy award in 1980

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