Niall James McDonnell (born 12 October 1979, Strabane, County Tyrone) is a Northern Irish left-handed batsman cricket player. He was included in the Ireland cricket team squad when the Pakistani cricket team toured Ireland in 2011.He played two matches against MCC team and scored a century against them at College Park. In February 2016, he was appointed assistant coach of the North West Warriors under Bobby Rao.McDonnell made his first-class cricket debut for the North West Warriors against Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 30 May 2017.