John O'Donoghue (born 1942) is an Irish former hurler, Gaelic footballer and coach. At club level he played with Arravale Rovers, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Tipperary teams.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
1942 Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Insurance agent | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Arravale Rovers University College Cork | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University College Cork | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1962-1972 1964-1975 |
Tipperary (SH) Tipperary (SF) | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Playing career edit
O'Donoghue first played Gaelic games as a student at the Abbey CBS in Tipperary. He was part of the school team that won the Harty Cup in 1959.[1] O'Donoghue later lined out with University College Cork and won consecutive Fitzgibbon Cups and a Cork SHC medal in 1963.[2]
At club level, O'Donoghue had a lengthy careeras a dual player with Arravale Rovers. After winning a Tipperary MFC title in 1959, he later claimed West Tipperary SHC and SFC titles with the club's senior team.
O'Donoghue first appeared on the inter-county scene with Tipperary during a two-year tenure as a dual player at minor level. He was goalkeeper when Tipperary won the All-Ireland MHC title in 1959, before serving as team captain in his final year in the grade.[3] A brief spell at under-21 level was followed by O'Donoghue becoming a dual player at senior level. He was part of the Tipperary senior hurling team that made a clean sweep of National League, Munster SHC and All-Ireland SHC titles in 1964 and 1965.[4][5]
O'Donoghue won five Munster SHC titles in all and, after claiming a third National Hurling League medal in 1968, won a National Football League Division 2 title in 1971. He was a non-playing substitute when he claimed a third All-Ireland SHC medal later that year. O'Donoghue also won a total of four Railway Cup medals as a dual player with Munster.[6][7]
Management career edit
O'Donoghue replaced Theo English as a selector with the Tipperary senior hurling team in 1990.[8] As part of the management team, he helped guide Tipperary to the All-Ireland SHC title in 1991.[9] O'Donoghue was still a selector when Tipperary won a second Munster SHC during his tenure in 1993, before winning the National Hurling League title in 1994.
Honours edit
Player edit
- Abbey CBS
- Harty Cup: 1959
- University College Cork
- Fitzgibbon Cup: 1962, 1963
- Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1963
- Arravale Rovers
- West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1966, 1970
- West Tipperary Senior Football Championship: 1972, 1973
- Tipperary Minor Football Championship: 1959
- Tipperary
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1964, 1965, 1971
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971
- National Hurling League: 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68
- National Football League Division 2: 1970–71
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1959
- Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1959, 1960 (c)
- Munster
- Railway Cup (F): 1972
- Railway Cup (H): 1966, 1969, 1970
Management edit
- Tipperary
References edit
- ^ "Tipperary's last back-to-back titles were '64 and '65 - and John fondly recalls them". Tipperary Live. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Tipp hurling team of the '60s was as good as any that played the great game". Echo Live. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Outstanding hurling goalkeeper from halcyon era has been honoured by Tipperary United Sports Panel". Tipperary Live. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Railway Cup hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Tipperary just not up to it, says stalwart John O'Donoghue". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "The Backroom team in last All-Ireland victory and victors of great Galway battles". Irish Independent. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2023.