Mattie Donnelly is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Trillick club and the Tyrone county team.
[1] In 2015, he was a key part of a Tyrone teamed that reached the All-Ireland SFC semi-final, and was named in the All Stars team.
[2] Donnelly was named in the Ireland squad for the 2014 international rules test in Australia.
[3][4] Following the retirement of Seán Cavanagh in 2017, Donnelly was appointed Tyrone senior captain.
Pádraig Hampsey succeeded Donnelly as captain in May 2021,[5][6] and it was Hampsey who became the third Tyrone captain to lift the Sam Maguire Cup, following Tyrone's victory over Mayo in the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.