Cormac O'Doherty

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Cormac O'Doherty
Personal information
Irish name Cormac Ó Dochartaigh[ citation needed ]
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1996 (age 2728)
Maghera, Northern Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
2013–present
Slaughtneil
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Derry titles 5 10
Ulster titles 3 3
All-Ireland titles 0 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2017–present
Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Cormac O'Doherty (born 1996) is a dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. hurling and Gaelic football, who plays for Derry Championship club Slaughtneil and at inter-county level for the Derry senior hurling team. He usually lines out at midfield and is captain of the team for the 2021 season. [1]

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Career

O'Doherty first came to Gaelic games prominence as a student at St Patrick's College in Maghera, winning consecutive MacRory Cup titles and a Hogan Cup title in 2013. [2] He joined the Slaughtneil senior hurling and football teams. Since his debut as a dual player, he won six Ulster Club Championship titles and 13 County Championship titles across both codes. O'Doherty first appeared on the inter-county scene during a three-year tenure with the Derry minor team, before later winning an Ulster Championship title with the under-21 team. [3] He was drafted onto the Derry senior hurling team in 2017 and won a Nicky Rackard Cup in his debut season. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 July 2021.
TeamYear National League Rackard Cup Ring Cup Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Derry 2017 Division 2B 00-0010-0110-01
201820-0531-3451-39
201940-3042-2482-54
202061-6420-1481-78
202140-3540-3280-67
202250-4050-23100-63
2023 Division 2A 51-4252-34103-76
Total262-21610-01235-161507-378

Honours

St Patrick's College
Slaughtneil
Derry

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