Fachtna O'Donovan

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Fachtna O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name Fachtna Ó Donnabháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-forward
Born 1921
Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland
Died 17 October 1995 (aged 74)
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
1939–1940
1940–1952
Carbery Rangers
Clonakilty
Club titles
Cork titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1943–1949
Cork 12 (1–01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0

Michael Fachtna O'Donovan (1921 - 17 October 1995) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Clonakilty and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1943 until 1949. [1]

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Career

O'Donovan first came to Gaelic football prominence with the Carbery Rangers team that won consecutive Southwest Junior Championship titles. Around this time he was also drafted onto the Cork minor team and won a Munster Minor Championship title in 1939. O'Donovan subsequently transferred to the Clonakilty club that was enjoying a golden age in terms of success and won six County Championship titles in ten years. He was soon added to the Cork senior team and claimed his first silverware in 1943 when Cork won the Munster Senior Championship for the first time in 15 years. O'Donovan won a second provincial title two years later before ending the season by lining out at midfield when Cork claimed the All-Ireland title after a defeat of Cavan in the final. [2] [3] [4] He claimed a third Munster Championship title in his last year with the team in 1949. O'Donovan also won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1948.

Death

O'Donovan died at St Anne's Hospital in Skibbereen on 17 October 1995.

Honours

Carbery Rangers
Clonakilty
Cork
Munster

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References

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