| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Colm Mac Duibhir | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre half-forward | ||
| Born | Kilraine,County Donegal,Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Teacher of Construction Studies | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
?–? | Glenties | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1942–1947 | Cavan Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Columba McDyer (13 January 1921 – 18 September 2001)[1] was aGaelic footballer who played forCavan andDonegal.
McDyer was fromGlenties, and played as a centre half-forward. He played with the Cavan team that won the1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at thePolo Grounds inNew York City. This resulted in him becoming the first Donegal man to win anAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal.[citation needed]
Following his success with Cavan, McDyer returned to Donegal and his native Glenties where he coached the Donegal senior team for a number of years. He also collected aRailway Cup medal with Ulster in 1942 and he also played in the same competition with Connacht.[2][3]
McDyer managed Donegal. He was also an early influence onJim McGuinness, Donegal's future All-Ireland winning manager. McGuinness described him as "an absolute gentleman to the fingertips, very well-educated… a very gentle, bubbly person".[4]
McDyer was inducted into the Donegal Sports Star Awards' Hall of Fame in 1987.[5]
A Glenties man whose work as a schoolteacher had taken him around the country, McDyer was an All-Ireland winner with Cavan in the Polo Grounds in 1947 before coming back to live on home soil and later manage the Donegal team.
Among the other names from Gaelic Football to be inducted into the Hall of Fame include Tom Farren, Buncrana (1978); Bernard Coyle, Gweedore (1980); Columba McDyer, Glenties (1987); Hugh Tim Boyle (1990); Mick Melly, Ballyshannon (1991), Jim Gallagher Ballyshannon (2000),[sic]