| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Daithí Ó hAghartaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | 12 April 1983 Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Dunnamaggin Kilmoganny | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Kilkenny titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2003–2014 | Kilkenny | 13 (0–0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:13, 30 September 2012. | |||
David Herity (born 12 April 1983) is an Irish hurling manager and former dual player of hurling and Gaelic football.
Herity played for Kilkenny Championship club Dunnamaggin and was a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team for eight seasons, during which time he lined out as a goalkeeper. He began his hurling career at club level with Dunnamaggin. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 17-year-old in 2000, having his greatest success that year when the club won the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship title. Herity also played Gaelic football with the Kilmoganny club.
At inter-county level, Herity was part of the Kilkenny minor team that won Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (MHC) titles in 1999 and 2001 before later winning back-to-back All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship titles with the under-21 team in 2003 and 2004. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 2003. Herity subsequently established himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper and made a combined total of 30 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2014. During that time he was part of five All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship-winning teams: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Herity also secured five Leinster Senior Hurling Championship medals and five National Hurling League medals. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 24 November 2014. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
After retiring as an inter-county player, Herity was appointed manager of the Kildare senior hurling team. [6]
Herity plays for the local Dunnamaggin club. He won a Leinster senior club league title in 2009.
Herity first played for Kilkenny in 1999 when he joined the minor side. He won his first Leinster MHC medal that year following a 2–13 to 1–11 defeat of Wexford.
Two years later Herity was still eligible for the minor grade. He collected a second Leinster medal that year following another defeat of Wexford, this time by a scoreline of 3–16 to 1–9.
By 2003 Herity was a key member of the Kilkenny under-21 team. He won his first Leinster U21HC medal that year following a 0–12 to 1–4 defeat of Dublin. Kilkenny later faced Galway in the All-Ireland U21HC decider. Galway struggled in attack and conceded a goal a minute into the second half. The 2–13 to 0–12 scoreline gave Herity his first All-Ireland medal in the grade. [7]
Herity collected a second Leinster U21HC medal in 2004, defeating Wexford again, this time by a scoreline of 0–16 to 2–3. The subsequent All-Ireland U21HC final against Tipperary saw Kilkenny scoring key goals early in the opening half, which helped them to a 3–21 to 1–6 victory. [8]
While still a member of the under-21 team in 2003, Herity joined the senior team as a member of the extended league panel. He won a National Hurling League medal as a non-playing substitute that year following Kilkenny's 5–14 to 5–13 extra-time defeat of Tipperary. [9]
After several years away from the team, Herity returned as third-choice goalkeeper in 2008. He won a set of Leinster SHC and All-Ireland SHC medals as a non-playing substitute that year, before collecting another set the following year. Herity added a third Leinster SHC medal to his collection in 2010, once again as an unused substitute.
In 2011, Herity succeeded P. J. Ryan as Kilkenny's first-choice goalkeeper for the championship campaign. A 4–17 to 1–15 defeat of Dublin gave Kilkenny a record-equalling seventh successive championship. [10] It was Herity's first winners' medal on the field of play. Kilkenny subsequently faced Tipperary in the 2011 All-Ireland SHC decider on 4 September. Goals by Michael Fennelly and Richie Hogan in either half gave Kilkenny, who many viewed as underdog ahead of the game, a 2–17 to 1–16 victory. [11] Herity collected his first All-Ireland medal as a full member of the team.
2012 began well for Herity when he collected a second National League medal on the field of play following a 3–21 to 0–16 demolition of old rivals Cork. [12] Kilkenny were later shocked by Galway in the Leinster SHC decider, losing by 2–21 to 2–11; however, both sides subsequently met in the 2012 All-Ireland SHC decider on 9 September. [13] Kilkenny led going into the final stretch; however, Joe Canning struck a stoppage time equaliser to level the game at 2–13 to 0–19 and send the final to a replay for the first time since 1959. [14] The replay took place three weeks later on 30 September 2012. Galway stunned the reigning champions with two first-half goals; however, Kilkenny's championship debutant Walter Walsh gave a man of the match performance, claiming a haul of 1–3. This 3–22 to 3–11 Kilkenny victory gave Herity a second All-Ireland SHC medal.
After impressing as a goalkeeper during several games in the 2013 National League campaign, Eoin Murphy succeeded in supplanting Herity as first-choice goalkeeper. [15]
Herity was confined to the substitutes' bench once again in 2014; however, an elbow injury to Murphy saw Herity being restored as first-choice goalkeeper for the latter stages of the provincial championship. [16] He subsequently secured a second Leinster SHC medal, as a dominant display gave Kilkenny a 0–14 to 1–9 victory over Dublin. [17] Herity made way for Murphy during the subsequent All-Ireland SHC final and replay; however, he collected a fifth All-Ireland SHC medal overall, his third as a non-playing substitute, following a 2–17 to 2–14 defeat of Tipperary in the decider. [18]
Herity lined out for Leinster in the Interprovincial Championship. He secured a winners' medal in this competition in 2012 following a 2–19 to 1–15 defeat of Connacht. [19]
Herity became manager of the Kildare hurling team in 2018. [20] That team won the 2020 Christy Ring Cup under his leadership. [6]
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kilkenny | 2003 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2004 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2005 | Division 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2008 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2009 | 3 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | ||
| 2010 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
| 2011 | 5 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | ||
| 2012 | Division 1A | 5 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-00 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
| 2014 | 3 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | 30 | 0-00 | ||
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