Club McConigley's club
Gaeil Fhánada lost the 2006
Donegal Intermediate Football Championship final to
Cloich Cheann Fhaola after two replays.
Inter-county McConigley
captained the Donegal minor team and played for three years with the under-21 team, captaining them for two of those. He first featured at senior level under the management of
Mickey Moran. He was a late inclusion for that game, instead of
Thomas Donoghue. The incident occurred after the
2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier against
Westmeath and before the qualifier against
Monaghan "It probably was a defining monent in my career to be honest", he said later. ==Personal life==