Club MacAuley plays his club football with Ballyboden St Enda's, with whom he won the
Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2009.
Inter-county MacAuley made his senior football debut for Dublin against
Wexford in the first round of the
O'Byrne Cup; he scored a point on his debut. McAuley made his debut in the league against the 2009 All-Ireland Champions
Kerry. He scored a decisive point in the game which assured the win for Dublin against Kerry. MacAuley made his Championship debut as a substitute against
Wexford in the
2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship. He made his second appearance against Meath in the semi-final of the Leinster football championship, a game in which Dublin were easily beaten by the Royals. MacAuley had his first start for Dublin against
Tipperary in a second round qualifier for the All-Ireland Championship. He scored his first Championship goal and point in a game in which he finished with 1-01 of the final score of 1–21 to 1–13 at
Croke Park. MacAuley scored a point in Dublin's eventual exit from that season's All-Ireland Championship at the semi-final stage. MacAuley won his first
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in September 2011, when Dublin beat
Kerry at
Croke Park. He wasn't surprised by the comeback nature of the game, saying: "We had been down before in matches. It wasn't the first time we were down. We actually had a training game the week before when the As played the Bs and it was a very similar situation". His second All-Ireland title came against
Mayo in 2013, as did the GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year, when he succeeded
Karl Lacey to the title. On 21 January 2021, MacAuley announced his retirement from inter-county football. == Personal life ==