Domhnall O'Donovan

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Domhnall O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name Domhnall Ó Donnabháin
Sport Hurling
Position Right Corner Back
Born (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 35)
Limerick, Ireland
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation Business Analyst
Club(s)
YearsClub
2006-
 Clonlara
Club titles
Clare titles 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 NUI Galway
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2010-2016
 Clare 13 (0-1)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Domhnall O'Donovan (born 29 April 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-back for the Clare senior team.

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Born in Clonlara, County Clare, O'Donovan first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St. Munchin's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Clare under-21 team. He made his senior debut in the 2010 Waterford Crystal Cup. [1] O'Donovan has since gone on to play a key role in defence for Clare.

At club level O'Donovan has won one championship medal with Clonlara. [2]

O'Donovan played a key part in the drawn 2013 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final on 8 September against Cork. Despite leading for the whole game Clare found themselves a point down after 72 minutes. O'Donovan scored his first ever championship point coming from corner back to send the match to a replay which Clare won.[ citation needed ]

In February 2016, O'Donovan announced that he had left the Clare senior hurling panel due to work commitments. [3]

O'Donovan attended NUI Galway. [4] There he studied civil engineering, previously having engineered for himself a total of 530 Leaving Certificate points. [5] His twin brother Cormac was a student of the same course at Galway as well. [5] Both were part of the university hurling team during their winning 2010 Fitzgibbon Cup campaign. [6]

Honours

Team

NUI Galway
Clonlara
Clare

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References

  1. ↑ "'Sparrow' reveals first selection as O'Connell retains captaincy". Hogan Stand website. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Madden's sharp shooting brings 89-year Clonlara famine to an end". Irish Independent. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "All-Ireland hero Domhnall O'Donovan steps down from Clare panel". Irish Independent. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "NUI Galway Students and Alumni Among All-Ireland Senior Hurling Finalists". 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 "'It was nice in the limelight but you can't live off things like that'". Irish Independent. 12 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Major Clare influence on NUIG Fitzgibbon campaign". The Clare Champion .
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