Martin O'Reilly (Gaelic footballer)


Martin 'Marty' O'Reilly is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who plays for Seán MacCumhaills of Ballybofey and also, formerly, for the Donegal county football team.

Early life and education

O'Reilly attended college in Marino Institute of Education and is now a primary school teacher in Castleknock, Dublin. He is related to former Mayo footballers Willie Joe Padden and Billy Joe Padden.
His father Terry, a former garda from Gleann Lára, a townland near Belmullet, County Mayo, in the West of Ireland, is club chairman of Seán MacCumhaill's.

Playing career

Club

O'Reilly plays both football and hurling for his club.

Inter-county

Under-age

He was held scoreless in the 2012 Corn Na Mac Leinn final by a somewhat tenacious defender.
He played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan in the 2013 Ulster final. He played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan again in the 2014 Ulster final.

Senior

first called O'Reilly into the Donegal county football team in late 2011.
A member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo, he was an unused substitute in the final.
O'Reilly started Rory Gallagher's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.
Under the management of Gallagher's successor Declan Bonner, O'Reilly withdrew from senior inter-county football ahead of the 2019 championship after experiencing limited match time during the 2019 National Football League. He transferred to Philadelphia for the summer. He won the Philadelphia Championship there in August 2019, the Saturday before he returned to Ireland to play for his club Seán MacCumhaill's in the 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship.

Honours

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