Fri, 13 Apr, 2012 - 01:00
Fintan O’Toole
The 2003 footballer of the year declared he was hanging up his boots on his Twitter account.
“After 13 years of playing county football with Armagh I have decided that the time is right for me to retire at this level and move on,” McDonnell, 32, tweeted. “I want to thank all the managers and players that I played alongside and made some greatfriendships along the way.’’
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