Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Donovan tolitere na Galway ma sonye n'egwuregwu n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, na-etinye aka na Gaelic football, soccer, na rugby. Agbanyeghị, mgbe ọ na-azụ maka bọọlụ Gaelic ọ chọtara onyinye maka ịgba ọsọ ogologo. O mere asọmpi mbụ ya na mba ụwa n'afọ 1979 n'asọmpi iko mba ụwa nke IAAF.
e mere n'ala nna ha na Limerick, na-agba ọsọ n'ọsọ ndị na-eto eto ma tinye 54th. O meriri ngalaba etiti nke British Schools Cross Country International n'afọ ahụ, yana ịgba ọsọ na 3000 mita na 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships. Ọdịdị ikpeazụ ya bụ ịgba ọsọ na 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ebe o mere ka ọ dịkwuo mma na 18th ma duru ndị otu Irish na-eto eto na nke asatọ na ọkwa.