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| Born | 26 September 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:33,3 June 2018. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane Dooley (born 26 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who previously played as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team. [1]
Born in Tullamore,County Offaly,Dooley came from a strong hurling family. His paternal and maternal granduncles as well as his grandfather experienced All-Ireland JHC success with the Offaly junior team in 1923 and 1929. His father,Joe Dooley,and his uncles,Johnny and Billy Dooley,won seven All-Ireland SHC medals between them between 1985 and 1998. [2]
Dooley first played competitive inter-county hurling and Gaelic football with Tullamore College. Here he won a Leinster Vocational Schools Junior B Championship medal and an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship medal. Dooley simultaneously came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullamore club. As a dual player at senior level he won a county hurling championship medal and three senior football championship medals. While studying at the University of Limerick,Dooley won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2011.[ citation needed ]
Dooley made his debut on the inter-county scene as a dual player when he was selected for the Offaly minor teams. He later lined out for the Offaly under-21 teams in both codes before concentrating on hurling after making his senior debut during the 2007 league. After that,Dooley became a regular member of the starting fifteen,as well as Offaly's all-time championship top scorer.[ citation needed ]
A member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions,Dooley won a Railway Cup medal in 2012.[ citation needed ]
In December 2023,Dooley announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after 17 years of play. [3] [4]
| Team | Year | National League | Ring Cup | McDonagh Cup | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Offaly | 2007 | Division 1A | 2 | 0–3 | — | — | 2 | 0–0 | 2 | 0–0 | 6 | 0–3 | ||
| 2008 | Division 1B | 5 | 0–6 | — | — | 2 | 0–2 | 2 | 0–7 | 9 | 0–15 | |||
| 2009 | Division 2 | 8 | 8–46 | — | — | 1 | 0–4 | 2 | 1–3 | 11 | 9–53 | |||
| 2010 | Division 1 | 7 | 6–59 | — | — | 3 | 2–27 | 2 | 1–12 | 12 | 9–98 | |||
| 2011 | 8 | 3–42 | — | — | 1 | 1–13 | 1 | 1–9 | 10 | 5–64 | ||||
| 2012 | Division 1B | 5 | 3–43 | — | — | 2 | 3–15 | 1 | 1–6 | 8 | 7–64 | |||
| 2013 | 5 | 4–37 | — | — | 1 | 0–5 | 1 | 1–4 | 7 | 5–46 | ||||
| 2014 | 5 | 0–12 | — | — | 1 | 0–1 | 2 | 0–4 | 8 | 0–17 | ||||
| 2015 | 6 | 4–55 | — | — | 1 | 0–10 | 1 | 0–6 | 8 | 4–71 | ||||
| 2016 | 6 | 0–62 | — | — | 5 | 4–39 | 1 | 0–7 | 12 | 4–108 | ||||
| 2017 | 6 | 4–53 | — | — | 2 | 3–17 | 1 | 0–5 | 9 | 7–75 | ||||
| 2018 | 5 | 2–23 | — | — | 4 | 2–21 | — | 9 | 4–44 | |||||
| 2019 | 4 | 2–6 | — | 4 | 1–7 | — | — | 8 | 3–13 | |||||
| 2020 | Division 2A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2021 | 5 | 0–19 | 0 | 0–0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0–19 | |||||
| Total | 77 | 36–466 | 0 | 0–0 | 4 | 1–7 | 25 | 15–154 | 16 | 5–63 | 122 | 57–690 | ||