Dom O'Donnell

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Dom O'Donnell
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner Forward
Born Tralee, County Kerry
Club(s)
YearsClub
1950s-1960s
John Mitchels
Club titles
Kerry titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1964-1970
Kerry 5 (4-01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1

Dom O'Donnell was a Gaelic footballer from Tralee, County Kerry. He played Gaelic football with his local club John Mitchels, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team during the 1960s. [1] He won Munster Championship medals in 1962 and 1964. In 1964, he also won an All Ireland Under 21 medal as captain of the winning team.

At club level, O'Donnell was part of the famed John Mitchels team of the late 1950s and 1960s, winning six Kerry Senior Football Championships (five in a row from 1959 to 1963 and again in 1966).

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References

  1. "Dom O'Donnell". Terrace Talk.