Patrick Donnellan

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Patrick Donnellan
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Dónalláin
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born (1985-06-19) 19 June 1985 (age 35)
Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Sales manager
Club(s)
YearsClub
 O'Callaghan's Mills
Club titles
Clare titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2006-2017
 Clare 26 (0-5)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0
All Stars 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:23, 27 December 2014.

Patrick Donnellan (born 19 June 1985) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Clare senior team. [1] At club level Donnellan plays with O'Callaghan's Mills.

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Born in O'Callaghan's Mills, County Clare, Donnellan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Clare minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2006 championship. Donnellan has since gone on to play a key part in defence for Clare, and has won one All-Ireland medal and one National League (Division 2) medal. [2]

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Donnellan has yet to win a Railway Cup medal. At club level he plays with O'Callaghan's Mills.

Playing career

Inter-county

Donnellan first played for Clare as a member of the minor and under-21 teams, however, he ended his underage playing days without a single victory.

On 28 May 2006 Donnellan made his senior championship debut in Clare's 0-20 to 0-14 Munster semi-final defeat by Cork. [3] He was dropped from the team in 2007 before being recalled the following year.

Donnellan was appointed captain of the Clare senior hurling team in 2012. [4]

On 8 September 2013 Donnellan led out Clare in the All-Ireland final against Cork. Three second-half goals through Conor Lehane, Anthony Nash and Pa Cronin, and a tenth point of the game from Patrick Horgan gave Cork a one-point lead as injury time came to an end. A last-gasp point from corner-back Domhnall O'Donovan earned Clare a 0-25 to 3-16 draw. [5] The replay on 28 September was regarded as one of the best in recent years. Clare's Shane O'Donnell was a late addition to the team, and went on to score a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game. Horgan top scored for Cork, however, further goals from Conor McGrath and Darach Honan secured a 5-16 to 3-16 victory for Clare. [6] It was Donnellan's first All-Ireland medal, while he became only the third Clare man to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

In October 2017, Donnellan announced his retirement from inter-county hurling. He had missed the 2016 season with a cruciate ligament injury, and wasn't selected to play in the 2017 championship. [7]

Honours

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Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Donnellan named as new Clare hurling captain". Clare FM. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ↑ O'Connor, Christy (4 January 2014). "'The whole thing is still a bit surreal. It's still only sinking in'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rebels dismiss Clare challenge". Breaking News. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Donnellan is Clare hurling captain". Clare Courier. 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. ↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (9 September 2013). "An emotional, riveting roller-coaster". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (30 September 2013). "A day borrowed from the hurling gods". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Clare All-Ireland-winning captain announces retirement from inter-county hurling". Irish Independent. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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