Eamonn Doherty

This article is about the Gaelic footballer. For the soccer player, see Eamon Doherty.
Éamonn Doherty
Personal information
Irish name Éamonn Ó Dochartaigh
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right Corner Back
Born Letterkenny, Ireland
Occupation Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2007- Naomh Adhamhnáin
Club titles
Donegal titles 5
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2013- Donegal

Eamonn Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays with Naomh Adhamhnáin and the Donegal senior inter-county team.

Playing career

Club

Eamonn Doherty started his club's winning senior county finals in 2007, 2009 and 2012 and came on as a substitute in 2008.[1][2][3][4] This was all by the age of 24 and national media referred to him as "one of the most decorated players in the north-west".[5]

Inter-county

Doherty has featured in Donegal inter-county teams for several years. He played against Dublin in the 2010 All-Ireland Final.[6] Himself, Antoin McFadden, James Carroll and Declan Walsh went to Boston for the summer in 2011.[7]

His senior league debut came against Dublin in Ballybofey in the final game of the 2013 National Football League.[8][9] He made an immediate impact, colliding with the referee, leaving him flattened in a heap and taking him out of the game.[10]

Doherty did not play in the National Football League again until 2015, his second appearance also coming against Dublin.[11] That year, he featured in six of Donegal's eight National Football League Division One fixtures and started at Croke Park against Galway in the Championship when Karl Lacey did not recover from an injury in time.[5][12][13]

Personal life

Doherty is a secondary school teacher in Buncrana, having completed his degree at Dublin City University (DCU) in 2013. In his first year as a qualified teacher one of his students was Darach O'Connor, who started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[5]

Honours

Letterkenny
Donegal

References

  1. ↑ "Final glory at last for Eunan's as Glenswilly fail on their big day". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 1 October 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "Kavanagh, Haran set up Eunan's". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 6 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "All too easy for Eunan's". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 5 October 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  4. ↑ Keys, Colm (5 November 2012). "Eunan's accept Glenties gift in freak finish to Donegal final". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Foley, Alan (11 June 2015). "Eamonn Doherty's return home earns him greater role for Donegal". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "All-Ireland Final Players". St. Eunan's website.
  7. ↑ McNulty, Chris (13 September 2013). "SFC: Doherty keeps ‘Eamon’ high for St Eunan's". Donegal News. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Donegal 1-10 Dublin 0-13". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Keys, Colm (9 April 2013). "Donegal – the only team to embrace the drop". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "The accidental clash which injured GAA ref Padraig Hughes". The Daily Edge. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  11. ↑ McNulty, Chris (11 February 2015). "Eamonn Doherty hopes his patience pays off". Donegal News. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Eamon Doherty hoping to play a role for Donegal in Armagh". Highland Radio. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "AS IT HAPPENED: DONEGAL V GALWAY, ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL ROUND 4B QUALIFIER". 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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