Niall Donoher
Gaelic footballer
Niall Donoher (born 10 March 1986) is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois. Niall has been playing football since 2002 in the minor and major games playing mostly in the forward position. He currently advocates for finding cures to rare genetic diseases.
Biography
Nial Donoher was born in Portlaoise, Ireland on 10 March 1986. He is married to Aisling and have a son named Dan who at the age of one was diagnosed with a rare genetic neuromuscular disease. Niall is an active advocate for finding and curing rare diseases.
Football career
Nial started his junior football career at the age of 13.
He usually played in attack for Laois for whom he played at senior level from 2005 until 2018 and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997.
In 2004, he was part of the minor team which won the Leinster Minor Football Championship.
In 2006 and again in 2007, Niall was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster U21 Football Championship.
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