Noel Drumgoole

Noel Drumgoole

Personal information
Irish name	Nollaig Dromgúl
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Vincent's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1953-1963	Dublin	14 (0-0)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
All-Irelands	0

Noel Drumgoole (1931–1995) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Vincent's and with the Dublin senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s. He later served as manager of the Limerick senior inter-county team on two occasions in the 1970s and 1980s. Drumgoole is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal.

Noel is the last player to have captained a Dublin side to a Leinster title and in 1984, he was named on the Centenary Team of players who hadn’t won All-Ireland honours.

In 1968, Noel founded the Na Piarsaigh GAA Club on the north side of Limerick city. In 2011 Na Piarsaigh won their first County Senior Championship beating Ahane on a scoreline of 2-18 to 0-13. The club then went on to beat Crusheen of Clare in the Munster Club Final in Semple Stadium.

Playing career

Inter-county

In 1961, Noel captained Dublin when they won the Leinster Championship, beating Wexford 7-5 to 4-8 in the final. He led Dublin all the way to the All-Ireland Final but they were narrowly beaten 0-16 to 1-12 by a marvellous Tipperary team.

Inter-provincial

Noel won three Railway Cup medals with Leinster in 1956, 1962 and 1964. He captained the 1962 team to success.^[1]

References

1. "Leinster Railway Cup Winning Teams" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-23.

External links

• Official Dublin Website
• Dublin Website

Teams