Diarmuid O'Donoghue

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Diarmuid O'Donoghue
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born Kerry, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Killarney Legion
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1980-1984
Kerry 1 (0-01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4 (as a sub)
All-Irelands 3 (as a sub)
NFL 1

Diarmuid O'Donoghue was a Gaelic footballer from Killarney, County Kerry. He played with the Kerry senior team during the 1980s.

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Club

He played his club football with the Killarney Legion club and Killarney divisional team. He was part of the 1983 Kerry Senior Football Championship winning team with the latter. [1] He also won an East Kerry Senior Football Championship in 1976. [2]

Minor

O'Donoghue first lined out with Kerry at minor level in 1976. He had little success as Kerry lost out to Cork in the Munster final. [3]

Under 21

He moved to the Under 21 team straight out of the minor grade. He made his first appearance in the 1978 All-Ireland semi-final win over Louth. [4]

He played in the 1979 Munster Quarter-final loss to Cork at Left Half Forward scoring a point. [5]

He was again Left Half Forward in 1980 when Kerry had a surprise loss to Limerick in the Munster Quarter-final. [6]

Junior

He lined out with the Kerry Junior team in 1983. He won a Munster Junior Football Championship after a win over Cork where he scored three points. [7] After overcoming Dublin in the Home All-Ireland final, Kerry faced Yorkshire. He scored four points in a 0-15 to 0-02 win to pick up an All-Ireland medal. [8]

Senior

He joined the senior team during the 1979–80 National Football League where he played in three games. [9] He was part of the panel for the championship winning Munster and All-Ireland titles without playing any games.[ citation needed ]

He made four appearances during the 1980–81 National Football League. [10]

He made a handful of appearances during the next few League campaigns.[ citation needed ]

He was made captain of the Kerry for the 1983–84 National Football League campaign. He played in all bar one of Kerry's finishing as top scoring with 4-14 from nine games. [11] Despite failing to score in the final Kerry took the title with O'Donoghue as captain. [12]

He made his first and only championship appearance in the Munster semi-final win over Tipperary. [13]

He make a few more League appearances over the coming seasons, his last being during the 1985–86 National Football League.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

His son James played with Kerry at all levels from Minor and Senior level. He was an All-Ireland winning in 2014, as well as a two time All-Star and the 2014 Footballer of the Year.

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References

  1. https://launerangers.ie/1983-2/
  2. https://www.eastkerrygaa.com/east-kerry-gaa-board-history/
  3. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/177/Diarmuid-ODonoghue/Minor
  4. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/1833/1978-Kerry-Vs-Louth
  5. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/1835/1979-Kerry-Vs-Cork
  6. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/1836/1980-Kerry-Vs-Limerick
  7. https://munster.gaa.ie/history/junior-football/
  8. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/177/Diarmuid-ODonoghue/Junior
  9. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1980/League
  10. "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1981 League". www.terracetalk.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1984/League
  12. https://hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile
  13. https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/177/Diarmuid-ODonoghue/Championship