David Nally

David Nally

Personal information
Irish name	Daithí Ó Nallaí
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1999 Ferbane, County Offaly, Ireland
Occupation	Accountant
Club(s)
Years	Club
2017-present 2017-present	Belmont (SH) Ferbane (SH)
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Offaly titles	1	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College
2018-2022	Athlone Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2019-present	Offaly
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0

David Nally (born 1999) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Belmont and Ferbane and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team.

Career

Nally began his club career at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player with Belmont and Ferbane. During that time he also lined out with the Offaly Schools amalgamated team in various Leinster Colleges competitions.[1] Nally progressed to adult club level and had his first success in 2018 when Ferbane won the Offaly IFC title. A year later he claimed an Offaly SFC medal after a 2–13 to 0–14 defeat of Rhode.[2]

Bally began his inter-county hurling career with Offaly during an unsuccessful two-year tenure with the minor team in 2016 and 2017.[3] He later spent a season with the under-20 team in 2019.[4] Nally made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League game against Waterford in January 2019.[5] He had his first senior successes when Offaly claimed National League Division 2A titles in 2021 and 2023.[6] Nally also lined out in the defeat by Carlow in 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup final.[7]

Honours

Ferbane

• Offaly Senior Football Championship: 2019
• Offaly Intermediate Football Championship: 2018

Offaly

• National Hurling League Division 2A: 2021, 2023

References

1. "Marist College & Naas CBS To Contest Schools Football Final". Leinster GAA website. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
2. "Offaly SFC final: Johnson stars as Ferbane dethrone Rhode". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
3. "Slaneysiders breeze past plucky Offaly". Irish Independent. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
4. "Wexford's Leinster clean sweep dream alive after hard-fought Offaly win". The 42. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
5. "Waterford bulldoze sorry Offaly in Thurles mauling". RTÉ Sport. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
6. "Hurlers Return To Division 1 Of The Allianz League". Offaly GAA website. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
7. "Carlow dig deep to snatch Joe McDonagh Cup from Offaly after extra time". Irish Independent. 27 May 223. Retrieved 7 June 2023.