Donie O'Donovan
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Dónall Ó Donnabháin | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right corner-forward | ||
Born | (1926-01-31)31 January 1926 Dillon's Cross, Cork, Ireland | ||
Died | 28 May 1999(1999-05-28) (aged 73) Wellington Road, Cork, Ireland | ||
Nickname | Donie | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St. Nicholas' Glen Rovers | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Cork titles | 3 | 6 | |
Munster titles | 1 | 0 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1947-1955 | Cork | 15 (5-03) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 1 |
Daniel Joseph O'Donovan (31 January 1926 – 28 May 1999) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1948 until 1955.[1] O'Donovan managed Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1973.
Biography
Born Daniel Joseph O'Donovan at 150 Old Youghal Road, Dillon's Cross, Cork into a family with strong sporting and Irish republican background. He was a nephew of Cork IRA officer Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a carpenter by trade. He married Cork camogie player Sheila Cahill in the 1950s, and they had three sons. The eldest, Diarmuid O'Donovan is Assistant CEO of the Evening Echo and a sports columnist with that newspaper.
Honours
Player
- St. Nicholas
- Glen Rovers
- Cork
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1949, 1952
- National Football League: 1951-52
- Munster
- Railway Cup: 1949
Management
- Glen Rovers
- St. Nicholas
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1973
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974
- Munster
- Railway Cup: 1972
References
- ^ "Cork GAA Profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by | All-Ireland Senior Football Final winning coach 1973 | Succeeded by Kevin Heffernan |
- v
- t
- e
- 1 B. Morgan
- 2 B. Murphy
- 3 J. Lucey
- 4 J. O'Mahony
- 5 F. Cogan
- 6 D. Coughlan (c)
- 7 K. Dillon
- 8 M. Burke
- 9 M. O'Loughlin
- 10 E. Philpott
- 11 G. McCarthy
- 12 B. O'Neill
- 13 É. Ryan
- 14 C. O'Sullivan
- 15 F. Hayes
- Subs used
- 20 J. Downing for E. McCarthy
- 18 J. J. Murphy for J. Downing
- 16 J. Carroll for M. Burke
- Subs not used
- 17 J. Crowley
- 19 J. O'Sullivan
- 21 T. Bermingham
- Selectors
- P. A. Murphy
- B. O'Keeffe
- D. Owens
- M. Murphy
- T. Regan
- Trainer
- D. O'Donovan