Micheál Donoghue
Irish hurler and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Micheál Donoghue (born 7 September 1974) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He has been manager of the Dublin senior hurling team since August 2022.
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Micheál Ó Donnchú | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-back | ||
Born |
(1974-09-07) 7 September 1974 (age 49) Clarinbridge, County Galway, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Regional Manager BMW FS | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Clarinbridge | |||
Club titles | |||
Galway titles | 1 | ||
Connacht titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1993–1996 | Galway | 4 (0–01) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Donoghue was previously manager of the Galway senior hurling team from the end of 2015 until the summer of 2019.[1][2]
Donoghue began his hurling career at club level with Clarinbridge. After breaking onto the club's top adult team he enjoyed his greatest success almost a decade later when he captained the club to the 2001 Galway Senior Championship.
At inter-county level, Donoghue, along with his twin brother Liam, was part of the successful Galway minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1992 before later winning an All-Ireland Championship with the under-21 team in 1993. He also joined the Galway senior team in 1993. Donoghue's senior career was hampered by injuries, however, he made a number of National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 1996. His final season with the team saw him claim National League and Connacht Championship medals.
After retiring as a player, Donoghue served as a selector with the Galway under-21 team, with whom he won All-Ireland Championships in 2005 and 2007. He subsequently turned to management with his home club Clarinbridge and steered the team to the All-Ireland Club Championship in 2011. An unsuccessful spell as Turloughmore manager was followed by a two-year tenure as statistician with the Tipperary senior hurling team. Donoghue was appointed manager of the Galway senior team in December 2015. In his second season in charge he guided the team to a clean sweep of All-Ireland, Leinster Championship and National League titles.