Peter Witherow

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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|sport = Gaelic football

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|name = Peter Witherow

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|occupation = Personal Trainer

|county = New York

|province = Ulster

|clubs = St Michael's
Donegal Boston
Donegal New York

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2008
2017

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|counties = Donegal
New York

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2017

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Peter Witherow (born 1987) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Donegal New York and, formerly, for St Michael's[http://www.creeslough.com/GaaNews.html St. Micheal's GAA News] and the county teams of Donegal and New York.

He is from Dunfanaghy.

Witherow was part of the Donegal senior set-up from the reign of Brian McIver onwards and lined out for them in the Dr McKenna Cup and National Football League.{{cite news|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/new-faces-for-donegal-in-mckenna-cup-1-3341035|title=New faces for Donegal in McKenna Cup|newspaper=Donegal Democrat|publisher=Johnston Press|date=15 December 2011|accessdate=19 January 2013}} He was panel member when Donegal won the 2007 National Football League.{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|title=McConigley reflects on 2007 National League success|work=Donegal News|date=23 April 2020|pages=52–3}} He was also a panel member when Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

He played for Donegal Boston in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://hoganstand.com/Donegal/Article/Index/115064|title=Donegal Boston come of age|work=Hogan Stand|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=16 July 2009}}

Witherow moved to New York in 2016 and took up work in a gym, having left the University of Limerick with a master's in sports performance and obtained a graduate visa.{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|url=https://donegalnews.com/2017/06/witherow-enjoying-life-big-apple/|title=Witherow enjoying life in the Big Apple|work=Donegal News|date=24 June 2017|accessdate=24 June 2017}} Among those to assist him was fellow expatriate Ross Wherity. Witherow played at cornerback for the New York team against Sligo in the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship, having earlier played two challenge matches against his old side Donegal during Easter.