John O'Donoghue (hurler)

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John O'Donoghue
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1942
Tipperary,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation Insurance agent
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Arravale Rovers
University College Cork
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 University College Cork
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1962-1972
1964-1975
 Tipperary (SH)
Tipperary (SF)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 3
NHL 3
All Stars 0

John O'Donoghue (born 1942) is an Irish former hurler, Gaelic footballer and coach. At club level he played with Arravale Rovers, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Tipperary teams.

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Playing career

O'Donoghue first played Gaelic games as a student at the Abbey CBS in Tipperary. He was part of the school team that won the Harty Cup in 1959. [1] O'Donoghue later lined out with University College Cork and won consecutive Fitzgibbon Cups and a Cork SHC medal in 1963. [2]

At club level, O'Donoghue had a lengthy careeras a dual player with Arravale Rovers. After winning a Tipperary MFC title in 1959, he later claimed West Tipperary SHC and SFC titles with the club's senior team.

O'Donoghue first appeared on the inter-county scene with Tipperary during a two-year tenure as a dual player at minor level. He was goalkeeper when Tipperary won the All-Ireland MHC title in 1959, before serving as team captain in his final year in the grade. [3] A brief spell at under-21 level was followed by O'Donoghue becoming a dual player at senior level. He was part of the Tipperary senior hurling team that made a clean sweep of National League, Munster SHC and All-Ireland SHC titles in 1964 and 1965. [4] [5]

O'Donoghue won five Munster SHC titles in all and, after claiming a third National Hurling League medal in 1968, won a National Football League Division 2 title in 1971. He was a non-playing substitute when he claimed a third All-Ireland SHC medal later that year. O'Donoghue also won a total of four Railway Cup medals as a dual player with Munster. [6] [7]

Management career

O'Donoghue replaced Theo English as a selector with the Tipperary senior hurling team in 1990. [8] As part of the management team, he helped guide Tipperary to the All-Ireland SHC title in 1991. [9] O'Donoghue was still a selector when Tipperary won a second Munster SHC during his tenure in 1993, before winning the National Hurling League title in 1994.

Honours

Player

Abbey CBS
University College Cork
Arravale Rovers
Tipperary
Munster

Management

Tipperary

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tipp hurling team of the '60s was as good as any that played the great game". Echo Live. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Outstanding hurling goalkeeper from halcyon era has been honoured by Tipperary United Sports Panel". Tipperary Live. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Railway Cup hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tipperary just not up to it, says stalwart John O'Donoghue". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Backroom team in last All-Ireland victory and victors of great Galway battles". Irish Independent. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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