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Donal Vaughan is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team and also plays club football for Castlebar Mitchels since 2017 after leaving Ballinrobe. He has started at centre back in two All-Ireland football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1-14 to 2-12 against.
He was sent off in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final after a reckless charge at John Small of Dublin after a free was awarded and Small was shown his second yellow of the match. Dublin would go on to win afterwards. Many Mayo fans have blamed Vaughan's sending off as the main reason why Mayo lost the final.
In December 2017, Vaughan caused controversy when he moved from his home club Ballinrobe to rivals Castlebar Mitchels.