Shane O'Donnell

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Shane O'Donnell
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Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Dónaill
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 29)
Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Nickname SOD
Occupation Doctoral student
Club(s)
YearsClub
2011-present
 Éire Óg, Ennis
Club titles
Clare titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
2012-2018
 University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2013-present
 Clare 46 (13-57)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 1
NHL 2
All Stars 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:26, 24 June 2023.

Shane O'Donnell (born 15 June 1994) is an Irish hurler who played as a forward for the Clare senior team.

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Born on the Ennis Road, County Limerick, O'Donnell first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Clare minor team, before later lining out with the under-21 side. He made his senior debut in the 2013 Waterford Crystal Cup. O'Donnell has since gone on to play a key part for Clare, and has won one All-Ireland medal and one Waterford Crystal Cup medal.

At club level O'Donnell plays with Éire Óg, Ennis. He missed the 2019 National Hurling League as he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Harvard University in the US. [1] [2]

Playing career

Inter-county

O'Donnell made his senior debut during the pre-season Waterford Crystal Cup in 2013. It was a successful campaign for Clare, as a 1-21 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary gave O'Donnell a winners' medal in that competition. [3] Later that year he made his championship debut at left corner-forward in a Munster quarter-final defeat of Waterford. [4] The rest of the championship campaign saw O'Donnell dropped from the starting fifteen for several games, however, he was a late addition at full-forward for Clare's All-Ireland final replay against Cork. His selection seemed surprising but was justified, as O'Donnell scored a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game. Further goals from Conor McGrath and Darach Honan secured a 5-16 to 3-16 victory following a classic championship decider. [5] The win gave O'Donnell an All-Ireland medal, while he was also named man of the match. [6] [7]

In October 2013, O'Donnell won the Opel Player of the Month Award for September. [8] [9]

In June 2021, he received a heavy blow when training with the Clare team that left him with a serious concussion. It ruled him out of the 2021 Championship. He returned to the Clare panel in March 2022. [10] [11]

Personal life

O’Donnell completed a PhD in Microbiology in 2021. Between 2018 and 2019, he spent six months in Harvard University as the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 June 2023.
TeamYear National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Clare 2013 Division 1A 61-0321-0155-04137-08
201454-0200-0000-0054-02
201563-0510-0121-0294-08
2016 Division 1B 70-0110-0031-06111-07
2017 Division 1A 20-0022-0210-0252-04
201861-0350-0331-08142-14
2019—41-01—41-01
2020 Division 1B 53-0710-0030-0293-09
2021————
2022 Division 1A —50-0920-0670-15
202300-0050-0811-0261-10
Career total3712-21264-25209-328325-78

Honours

Clare
Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "O'Donnell set to miss 2019 season due to Harvard studies". RTÉ. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "'It's nice to know I still have a personality, that I wasn't just a hurler' - Shane O'Donnell on his Harvard stint". Irish Independent. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Brophy, Shane (11 February 2013). "Clare click into gear as Tipperary flounder". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Three new faces for Clare". Hogan Stand website. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  5. ↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (30 September 2013). "A day borrowed from the hurling gods". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Fogarty, John (30 September 2013). "O'Donnell living the 'ridiculous' dream". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Clerkin, Malachy (30 September 2013). "The hurler with the boyband looks, Shane O'Donnell was Clare's hero against Cork". Irish Times. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Hurling hero Shane O'Donnell: 'My mother is my agent'". Irish Independent. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Shane O'Donnell: How a helmet saved my life". Irish Independent. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Shane O'Donnell: 'I had accepted I wasn't ever going to hurl again. I was at peace with it'". The 42. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Shane O'Donnell's concussion nightmare: 'I accepted I was never going to hurl again'". Sky Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "'I'd rather lose 10 Munster finals in a row than be where I was 12 months ago' – Shane O'Donnell". Irish Independent. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Diarmaid Byrnes the player of the year as Limerick dominate team selection". RTE Sport. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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Man of the Match
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