Michael O'Donovan (Gaelic footballer)

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Michael O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál Ó Donnabháin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left corner-back
Born (1976-05-29) 29 May 1976 (age 47)
Dunmanway,
County Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation Electrician
Club(s)
YearsClub
1995-2010
 Dohenys
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1999-2001
 Cork 6 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Michael O'Donovan (born 29 May 1976 [1] ) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. At club level he played with Dohenys and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.

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Early life

Born and raised in Dunmanway, County Cork, O'Donovan first played Gaelic football as a schoolboy with Coláiste Chairbre. His performances at school level resulted in his selection for the Cork vocational schools' team, and he won an All-Ireland VSFC title after a 0–13 to 0–07 defeat of Donegal in 1994. [2]

Club career

O'Donovan began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the Dohenys club in Dunmanway. He progressed through the ranks before making his adult debut with the Dohenys intermediate team in 1995. O'Donovan's debut season was a successful one as he claimed a Cork IFC medal after an 0–11 to 0–07 defeat of Kilmurry in the final. [3] [4]

After a decade in the Cork SFC, Dohenys qualified for the 2006 final against Nemo Rangers. O'Donovan kicked a point from centre-back but ended on the losing side after a 1–11 to 0–07 defeat. [5] He brought his club career to an end in 2010.

Inter-county career

O'Donovan first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the junior team in 1996. He won a Munster JFC medal that year after a 1–10 to 1–08 defeat of Kerry in the provincial decider. [6] O'Donovan ended the campaign with an All-Ireland JFC medal after Cork beat Metah by 4–11 to 0–10 in the All-Ireland final. [7] He spent one unsuccessful season with the Cork under-21 team in 1997. [8]

O'Donovan later earned a call-up to the senior team and he made his debut during the 1998–99 National League. He claimed his first silverware with Cork after a defeat of Dublin in the league final. [9] O'Donovan made his Munster SFC debut against Waterford two weeks, but lost his place on the starting fifteen in all subsequent games. He was a non-playing substitute when Cork beat Kerry in the 1999 Munster final. [10] O'Donovan came off the bench as a substitute when Cork suffered a 1–11 to 1–08 defeat by Meath in the 1999 All-Ireland final. [11]

As a peripheral player on the team over the following few years, O'Donovan collected a second Munster SFC winners' medal as a substitute after a defeat of Tipperary in the 2002 Munster final replay. [12] His inter-county career ended shortly afterwards.

Inter-provincial career

O'Donovan's performances at inter-county level resulted in a call-up to the Munster inter-provincial team. He spent two consecutive years with the team, culminating with the winning of a Railway Cup medal in 1999. [13]

Management career

In retirement from playing, O'Donovan became involved as a selector with Dohenys. [14]

Honours

Dohenys
Cork
Munster

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References

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  2. ↑ "Cork in control". Cork Examiner. 2 May 1994. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Dohenys beat all the odds in 1995". The Southern Star. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dohenys honour heroes of 1993 and '95". The Southern Star. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ↑ O'Sullivan, Jim (30 October 2006). "Gift goal puts Nemo on road to glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cork junior football teams: 1983-1999" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cork under-21 football teams: 1962-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cork football rewatch: League final joy in the Páirc against the Dubs in 1999". Echo Live. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "10 of the best: That sweet feeling when Cork beat Kerry in championship". Echo Live. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Mark O'Sullivan will take 1999 All-Ireland final regrets 'to the grave'". Irish Examiner. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Corkery leads Cork rout of Tipp". Irish Examiner. 22 July 2002. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "AUDIO: Nemo's Brian Twomey says champions happy to wear the 'bullseye' in 2016". Irish Examiner. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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