Shane Dooley

Shane Dooley

Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Dulaoích
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	(1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 38) Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation	Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
2003-present	Tullamore
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Offaly titles	3	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	University of Limerick
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2007-2023	Offaly	41 (22-237)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:33, 3 June 2018.

Shane Dooley (born 26 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who previously played as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team.[1]

Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Dooley was born into a strong hurling family. His paternal and maternal granduncles as well as his grandfather enjoyed All-Ireland success with the Offaly junior team in 1923 and 1929. His father, Joe Dooley, and his uncles, Johnny and Billy Dooley, won seven All-Ireland medals between them between 1985 and 1998.[2]

Dooley first played competitive inter-county hurling and Gaelic football with Tullamore College. Here he won a Leinster Vocational Schools Junior B Championship medal and an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship medal. Dooley simultaneously came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullamore club. As a dual player at senior level he has won one county hurling championship medal and three senior football championship medals. While studying at the University of Limerick, Dooley won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2011.^[citation needed]

Dooley made his debut on the inter-county scene as a dual player when he was selected for the Offaly minor teams. He later lined out for the Offaly under-21 teams in both codes before concentrating on hurling after making his senior debut during the 2007 league. Since then, Dooley has become a regular member of the starting fifteen as well as Offaly's top championship scorer of all time.^[citation needed]

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Dooley won a Railway Cup medal in 2012.^[citation needed]

In December 2023, Dooley announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after 17 years.[3][4]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 June 2021.

Team	Year	National League			Ring Cup		McDonagh Cup		Leinster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Offaly	2007	Division 1A	2	0-03	—		—		2	0-00	2	0-00	6	0-03
	2008	Division 1B	5	0-06	—		—		2	0-02	2	0-07	9	0-15
	2009	Division 2	8	8-46	—		—		1	0-04	2	1-03	11	9-53
	2010	Division 1	7	6-59	—		—		3	2-27	2	1-12	12	9-98
	2011		8	3-42	—		—		1	1-13	1	1-09	10	5-64
	2012	Division 1B	5	3-43	—		—		2	3-15	1	1-06	8	7-64
	2013		5	4-37	—		—		1	0-05	1	1-04	7	5-46
	2014		5	0-12	—		—		1	0-01	2	0-04	8	0-17
	2015		6	4-55	—		—		1	0-10	1	0-06	8	4-71
	2016		6	0-62	—		—		5	4-39	1	0-07	12	4-108
	2017		6	4-53	—		—		2	3-17	1	0-05	9	7-75
	2018		5	2-23	—		—		4	2-21	—		9	4-44
	2019		4	2-06	—		4	1-07	—		—		8	3-13
	2020	Division 2A	—		—		—		—		—		—
	2021		5	0-19	0	0-00	—		—		—		5	0-19
Total			77	36-466	0	0-00	4	1-07	25	15-154	16	5-63	122	57-690

References

1. "Player profile: Shane Dooley". Offaly GAA. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
2. "Dooley Brothers". Hogan Stand. 5 August 1994. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. "Offaly stalwart Shane Dooley announces inter-county retirement". RTE Sport. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
4. "Shane Dooley Retires From Inter-County Hurling". Offaly GAA. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2023.