Liam Donnelly (hurler)

Liam Donnelly
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Donnaile
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born Raheny, Dublin, Ireland
Nickname Liam
Occupation Army officer
Club(s)
Years Club
1940s–1950s
 St Vincents
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1948–1953
 Dublin 7 (0-5)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1

William "Liam" Donnelly (1928– 5 January 2017) was an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-back for the Dublin senior team.[1][2][3][4]

Raised in Raheny, Dublin, Donnelly played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club, St Vincents. As a minor, he scored the winning goal against Tipperary in the 1946 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship final.[5] He won a Leinster Senior Hurling Championship with the Dublin senior team in 1948 and featured in the 1948 All-Ireland final, which they lost to Waterford.[6]

Outside of sport, Donnelly served as an officer in the Irish Army,[7] and was "third in command" (Support Platoon Commander) of A Company during the Siege of Jadotville in 1961.[3]

Honours

Dublin

Runner-up (1): 1948
Winner (1): 1948
Winner (2): 1945, 1946
Winner (2): 1945, 1946
Winner (1): 1945
Winner (2): 1945, 1946

References

  1. ^ "Hurling". St Vincents GAA. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Liam Donnelly Obituary" (PDF). cpaireland.ie. March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Joey's connection with Siege of Jadotville, 1961". stjosephsfairview.ie. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ "DONNELLY, Liam". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ger Ryan (4 September 2012). "All Ireland Minor Hurling final 2012". An Fear Rua. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ^ Tom Ryall (2000). Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000: Céad Bliain de Chluichí Gaelacha (PDF). Leinster GAA. p. 14. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. ^ "From Galway to the Congo – into the Heart of Darkness – Part 2". The Tuam Herald. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2015.