Donal Whelan

Donal Whelan
Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Faoileáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-forward
Born	1930 Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland
Nickname	Duck
Occupation	Secondary school principal
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Abbeyside
Club titles
Waterford titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

Donal "Duck" Whelan (born 1930) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Waterford senior team.

Whelan was a key member of the team during a golden age for Waterford hurling in the late 1950s. During his inter-county career he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals. Whelan was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.^[1]

At club level Whelan enjoyed a lengthy career with Abbeyside.

References

↑ "Waterford GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

Waterford – 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 D. Roche 2 T. Cunningham 3 A. Flynn 4 J. Barron 5 M. O'Connor 6 M. Óg Morrissey 7 S. Power 8 J. O'Connor 9 P. Grimes (c) 10 M. Flannelly 11 T. Cheasty 12 L. Guinan 13 F. Walsh 14 J. Kiely 15 D. Whelan Subs 16 M. Lacey 17 B. Dunphy 18 D. Enright 19 J. Harney 20 N. Power

Waterford – 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 N. Power 2 J. Harney 3 A. Flynn 4 J. Barron 5 M. Lacey 6 M. Óg Morrissey 7 J. Condon 8 S. Power 9 P. Grimes 10 M. Flannelly 11 T. Cheasty 12 F. Walsh (c) 13 L. Guinan 14 T. Cunningham 15 J. Kiely Played in drawn game C. Ware Subs used in replay M. O'Connor for M. Lacey D. Whelan for T. Cunningham Unused subs F. O'Brien J. Coady P. Casey

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