Career
He plays inter-county for Donegal. Among other accolades, he has one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2012) and three Ulster Senior Football Championships (2011, 2012 and 2014) to his name. Club McElhinney"s club reached the final of the 2011 Donegal Senior Football Championship— their first ever senior final—but lost, though McElhinney scored during the game.
Inter-county In the 2012 Ulster final against Down, McElhinney"s appearance as a second-half substitute was credited with being vital to the victory.
He started Donegal"s next game, a comprehensive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final defeat of Kerry at Croke Park. He was treated like a Very Important Person when himself and Maxi Curran brought the Sam Maguire Cup to Mulroy College in Milford.
1 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2012).
