Education
McConalogue earned a degree in economics, politics, and history from University College Dublin (University College Dublin), which he completed after a year as Education Officer in the University College Dublin Students" Union.
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Career
First elected to the Donegal North–East constituency in the 2011 general election, he retained his seat in the 2016 general election. Upon the death of his father, he returned home to Carndonagh, County Donegal, to manage the family farm. McConalogue was elected to Donegal County Council at the 2009 local elections to represent the Inishowen electoral area.
He was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Children from April 2011 to July 2012.
In July 2012, he was appointed as party spokesperson on Education and Skills. In the 2016 general election, after a redrawing of constituency boundaries, McConalogue ran alongside Pat the Cope Gallagher as the two Fianna Fáil candidates in the new five-seater Donegal constituency.
McConalogue topped the poll and was elected on the first count.
Politics
After graduation, he worked as a political organiser at the Fianna Fáil party headquarters in Dublin. After Jim McDaid"s retirement and Niall Blaney"s decision to step down from politics for personal reasons, Fianna Fáil had no sitting Territorial Decoration in Donegal North–East to contest the 2011 general election. The party chose McConalogue as Fianna Fáil"s sole candidate for the constituency.
In the election, he won 17.4% of the first-preference vote and was elected on the 9th count to fill the third and final seat, behind Sinn Féin"s Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Fine Gael"s Joe McHugh.
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