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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
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'''Damien McCaul''' is a [[Gaelic football]]er who plays for the [[Donaghmore GAA]] club and at senior level for the [[Tyrone county football team|Tyrone county team]]. He plays as a corner-back.

==Career==
McCaul made the breakthrough into the Tyrone team in the 2007 [[McKenna Cup]] pre-season competition and was soon embroiled in controversy.  It was claimed he should not have been fielded in the McKenna Cup, being a Colleges player with the [[University of Ulster]].  However, he went on to be part of the Tyrone side in the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]].  Tyrone won the [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] and thus reached the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].  McCaul was a starting member of the team that played [[Meath GAA]].  Although McCaul kicked a point from corner-back, Meath won by 1-13 to 2-8 to knock Tyrone out.  [[McCaul]] is a member of the Tyrone panel again this year and has appeared in the [[National Football League (Ireland) 2008|National Football League 2008]].

McCaul was taught everything he knows by older brother Sean, who turned down a place on Tyrone's 2003 All-Ireland winning to give other teams a chance.

==Honours==
* [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] (1): 2008
* [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] (3): 2007, 2009, 2010
* [[Dr McKenna Cup]] (2): 2007, 2011

==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071118191117/http://sidelineview.ie/news_reports/news_item%3D42.html
*[https://archive.today/20130217201806/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0804/meath.html]
*http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2007/01/03/story291785.asp{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/reality-bites-for-tyrone-in-absence-of-oneill-1280091.html

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