Daniel McLaughlin

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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Daniel McLaughlin (born 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Michael's and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

With his club, he has emerged from the shadows of the more experienced forwards Colm McFadden and Christy Toye to stake his place on the team.{{cite news|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/mclaughlin-on-fire-as-st-michael-s-reach-semi-1-2946617|title=McLaughlin on fire as St Michael's reach semi|work=Donegal Democrat|date=9 August 2011|accessdate=9 August 2011|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219043450/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/mclaughlin-on-fire-as-st-michael-s-reach-semi-1-2946617|url-status=dead}} McLaughlin's club reached the final of the 2011 Donegal Senior Football Championship—their first ever senior final—but lost, though McLaughlin scored during the game.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/murphy-is-the-star-as-glenswilly-triumph-1.612893|title=Murphy is the star as Glenswilly triumph|work=The Irish Times|date=2 October 2011|accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/murphy-magic-proves-key-as-glenswilly-secure-first-donegal-crown-26777905.html|title=Murphy magic proves key as Glenswilly secure first Donegal crown|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=3 October 2011|accessdate=3 October 2011}}

McLaughlin featured during the 2010 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship won by Donegal, starting against Armagh in the quarter-final, against Derry in the semi-final and against Cavan in the final (and scoring 0–2 in the semi-final).{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/04/07/the-diary-the-dream-and-donegal-footballs-first-steps-to-the-other-place/|title=The diary, the dream and Donegal's first steps to 'the other place'|date=7 April 2020|accessdate=7 April 2020}}

Jim McGuinness first called him into the senior squad ahead of the 2011 Dr McKenna Cup.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/9300706.stm|title=Cassidy and Hegarty in McGuinness' Donegal panel|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 December 2010|accessdate=17 December 2010}}

McLaughlin's appearance as a substitute in the final was hailed as important to Donegal's historic second consecutive Ulster Senior Football Championship winning campaign of 2012.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://donegalnews.com/2012/07/hail-the-history-boys/|title=Hail the history boys|work=Donegal News|date=23 July 2012|accessdate=23 July 2012|quote=Subs Christy Toye, Martin McElhinney and Daniel McLaughlin all played their parts. McElhinney hit two points and, along with Toye, helped give Donegal a centrefield foothold, while McLaughlin also got in on the act.}} A squad member during Donegal's 2012 All-Ireland winning campaign, he did not play in the final but made a substitute appearances at Croke Park against Kerry in the quarter-final and Cork in the semi-final.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2012/0805/332189-donegal-repel-late-kerry-surge-to-reach-last-four/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806202030/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2012/0805/332189-donegal-repel-late-kerry-surge-to-reach-last-four/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2012|title=Donegal 1–12 Kerry 1–10|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=5 August 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2012/0826/335031-cork-donegal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830072602/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2012/0826/335031-cork-donegal/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2012|title=Donegal 0–16 Cork 1–11|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=27 August 2012}} He accompanied the team on their end-of-year holiday to Dubai.{{cite news|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2012/12/31/donegal-players-sing-in-the-new-year-with-rita-ora-at-beach-party/|title=Donegal players sing in the new year with rita ora at beach party|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=31 December 2012|quote=Donegal stars Kevin Rafferty and Daniel McLaughlin joked that they were going to a Barn Dance! [...] McLaughlin said: 'For sandance now what a way to end a year and start a new one… Dubai is amazing'.}}

He was still playing for Donegal as of 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/gallagher-delighted-with-early-statement-as-mcbrearty-steps-up-30955450.html|title=Gallagher delighted with early statement as McBrearty steps up|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=1 February 2015|accessdate=1 February 2015}}

He managed his club in 2021.{{cite news|title=Untitled [photos, four with the captions beneath the top two given]|work=Donegal News|date=31 March 2022|page=64|quote=Daniel McLaughlin, St Michael's Team Manager 2021 presenting Hugh O'Donnell with the Player of the Year Award… Cathal Sweeney, Senior Team Manager, presenting Kyle McGarvey with the Young Player of the Year Award.}}{{cite news|url=https://highlandradio.com/2021/09/20/watch-st-michaels-manager-daniel-mclaughlin-glad-with-win-at-maccumhaills/|title=St Michael's Manager Daniel McLaughlin glad with win at MacCumhaills|publisher=Highland Radio|date=20 September 2021}}