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 2829)
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 been captain of the team since 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 8 Ulster Club Championship titles and 17 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 June 2025.
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
2024 Division 2B 60-3361-50121-83
2025 Division 2 20-0063-4583-45
Total342-21610-01355-1617011-506

Honours

St Patrick's College
Slaughtneil
Derry


Individual

Hurling

References

  1. McMullan, Michael (29 April 2021). "Derry hurlers name new skipper". Derry Now. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. "St Pat's Maghera and Cnoc Mhuire Granard claim All-Ireland schools titles". The 42. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. "Ulster U21HC final: awesome Oak Leafers see off Ardsmen". Hogan Stand. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. "Derry power to Nicky Rackard Cup final win at Croke Park". Irish Independent. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.