[1] Brolly says when McGonagle "was on his game, there wasn't a footballer in the country who could have laced his boots"[1] and described him as a scoring machine.
[2] He was part of the Dungiven side that won the 1991 Derry Senior Football Championship[2] - beating Newbridge in the final.
[3] McGonagle won another Derry Championship medal in 1997, this time Dungiven beat Castledawson in the final.
They also went on to win the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship that year, with victory over Errigal Ciarán in the decider.
[citation needed] McGonagle helped Derry win the 1998 Ulster Senior Football Championship.
In the final against Donegal, he set up fellow-Dungiven man Joe Brolly for the decisive goal late in the game.
[4] McGonagle had a successful school career winning seven Ulster College titles in football and hurling, including the Hogan Cup in 1990.