| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Donncha Ó Síocháin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born | 24 August 1979 Adare, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Occupation | Biochemist | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Adare | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 5 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University College Cork University of Limerick | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2003-2009 | Limerick | 15 (1-11) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Donncha Sheehan (born 24 August 1979) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Adare and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Sheehan played hurling at all grades as a student at Ardscoil Rís in Limerick. He later studied at University of Limerick and was part of the UL team that beat Waterford Institute of Technology by 2-14 to 2-11 to claim the Fitzgibbon Cup title in 2002. [1]
At club level, Sheehan first played for Adare at juvenile and underage levels, and was part of the club's under-21 team that won consecutive Limerick U21AHC titles in 1999 and 2000. [2] [3] He progressed to the club's senior side and was involved in five Limerick SHC-winning teams. Sheehan captained Adare to three successive title wins between 2007 and 2009. [4]
At inter-county level, Sheehan first played for Limerick as part of the under-21 team. He won a Munster U21HC medal before later captaining the team to a 1-13 to 0-13 win over Galway in the 2000 All-Ireland under-21 final. [5] [6] Sheehan made his senior team debut in 2003. [7] He was an unused substitute when Limerick had a 2-17 to 1-15 defeat by Kilkenny in the 2007 All-Ireland final. [8]